In the latest episode of issues with my S&W 625-2, I brought it to a local gunsmith which I have never used. His reviews were all 5-stars, so brought my revolver to him to do a trigger job. The gun is stock, the action was smooth, but I wanted to lighten the DA trigger pull a little from the 10-11# pull to about 8#. The SA pull was fine at 3.5#.
The gunsmith suggested polishing the action rather than going with a full spring kit. He also said it would lighten the DA a little more if he did something to the rebound spring. I can't remember his exact words as to what he planned to do to the rebound spring, but I had a mental image of buffing it or grinding it. I asked and he said he was not going to cut off any coils on the rebound spring, and to my knowledge, he did not cut off any coils.
Getting to the point, I went to pick up my gun. The DA was a little lighter and it was smooth when I pulled the trigger. He eliminated the "stack" towards the end of the trigger pull, just before the hammer drops.
However, when the trigger rebounds, it is not smooth. It is jerky. There was not any side-to-side play, but it seemed like there were 3 stages for the trigger to reset, the last of which is at the very end of the trigger rebound. I brought it to the gunsmith's attention immediately and he said he couldn't do much more to lighten the rebound spring because it might cause the hammer to strike too lightly. I believe the rebound spring has to have less resistence in order to lighten the DA, but I did not expect the trigger rebound to be jerky.
I have not test fired it yet. He suggested that I fire it a few times to see how it works (BTW, he does not test fire guns when he works on them).
I presume a common reaction will be that the gunsmith messed up. It was my immediate reaction. However, I am trying to give the gunsmith the benefit of the doubt, which is what I try to do with most people.
I have felt a few Smiths with trigger jobs and they are smooth as silk. I asked to try the trigger on his Model 29 before I dropped off my gun and it was fine on both the DA pull and rebound. I don't know whether to give him a chance to fix it after I test fire it or whether I should chalk it up to a lesson learned and pay someone else to fix it?
Any thoughts?
The gunsmith suggested polishing the action rather than going with a full spring kit. He also said it would lighten the DA a little more if he did something to the rebound spring. I can't remember his exact words as to what he planned to do to the rebound spring, but I had a mental image of buffing it or grinding it. I asked and he said he was not going to cut off any coils on the rebound spring, and to my knowledge, he did not cut off any coils.
Getting to the point, I went to pick up my gun. The DA was a little lighter and it was smooth when I pulled the trigger. He eliminated the "stack" towards the end of the trigger pull, just before the hammer drops.
However, when the trigger rebounds, it is not smooth. It is jerky. There was not any side-to-side play, but it seemed like there were 3 stages for the trigger to reset, the last of which is at the very end of the trigger rebound. I brought it to the gunsmith's attention immediately and he said he couldn't do much more to lighten the rebound spring because it might cause the hammer to strike too lightly. I believe the rebound spring has to have less resistence in order to lighten the DA, but I did not expect the trigger rebound to be jerky.
I have not test fired it yet. He suggested that I fire it a few times to see how it works (BTW, he does not test fire guns when he works on them).
I presume a common reaction will be that the gunsmith messed up. It was my immediate reaction. However, I am trying to give the gunsmith the benefit of the doubt, which is what I try to do with most people.
I have felt a few Smiths with trigger jobs and they are smooth as silk. I asked to try the trigger on his Model 29 before I dropped off my gun and it was fine on both the DA pull and rebound. I don't know whether to give him a chance to fix it after I test fire it or whether I should chalk it up to a lesson learned and pay someone else to fix it?
Any thoughts?