Smith J frame trigger job

Mike Casselton
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Sunday, December 31, 2017, 17:32 (3175 days ago)

I bought Rebecca a Smith & Wessson J frame 442-2 for Christmas this year. As it turns out the 12+ pound trigger is just too much for her.

I noticed Gary doesn't list action work for Smith revolvers.

She needs to get this trigger done up right and a much lower pull weight.

Any ideas where to send it?

S&W J-frame trigger work

backroadsrambler
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Sunday, December 31, 2017, 18:03 (3175 days ago) @ Mike Casselton

I'm sure Gary will direct you if you ask him but a couple options, FYI, besides recommending some folks who do such work. First: S&W sells a Performance Center version of said same model, already factory 'slicked-up'. Second: for legal reasons, some folks send their existing non-PC versions to the Performance Center instead of to other third parties, the theory being 'the work was done by the factory' if, God forbid, it is ever used in self-defense...

that poses a problem. First S&W will no longer do an action

Gary Reeder
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Sunday, December 31, 2017, 18:56 (3175 days ago) @ Mike Casselton

job due to liability. Even the revolvers coming out of the Performance Center have a hard trigger pull (in my opinion).Also the 442 is the lightweight hidden hammer model and there is no real hammer inside that hump. It is a small very lightweight piece of metal powered by a heavy hammer spring. The gun needs that heavy hammer spring to be reliable again due to the hammer having no weight of it's own. Probably 90% of the S&W 442s we sell, we get back on trade due to the horrible trigger pull. I hate to rain on your parade but really there is nothing that can be done to lighten up the trigger pull (that I know of) and it still be reliable, and we have tried everything.

probably not what you want to hear but my

Gary Reeder
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Sunday, December 31, 2017, 18:58 (3175 days ago) @ Gary Reeder

suggestion is trade it back in to your shop for the Model 60 Lady Smith. Action jobs on them are no problem.

I appreciate and welcome the honesty

Mike Casselton
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Monday, January 01, 2018, 07:35 (3174 days ago) @ Gary Reeder

Looks like she might just get that SP-101 a few months earlier than expected.
We'll keep the Smith and see how a bit of practice works on it. Maybe I could find one of those red plastic trigger pull things to work on her index finger strength

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