Hitch in 686 DA trigger pull. Any help appreciated.

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Sprout

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I have a question regarding my 686-6 plus, and I was wondering if anybody could help. I sent my 686 to S&W (see thread below) and they returned it with a new ejector rod. However, I’ve had the gun back for about a week and I’ve noticed that every once in a while, something seems to catch on the DA trigger pull. What I mean is every 5-15 times I pull the trigger something seems to hinder either the movement of the cylinder or the trigger, making it really hard to pull, if that makes any sense. I don’t remember having this problem before I sent it in.

I tried dry firing the gun with the cylinder out and the thumbpiece pulled back and everything seems to go smoothly.

Does anybody have any idea what’s going on, or how I could go about fixing it.

http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=127687&highlight=sprout
 
Possibly a bent hand pin.

686 is suseptible to this when rapid fired double action.

I know because I had the handpin replaced on mine, the 20+ pound trigger pull on every shot will begin to happen soon on yours, mine started with the occaisional hard pull and got rapidly worse.
 
Thanks for the help, everbody.

Caz223: It seems to eject cases without dificulty.

Sam and Master Blaster: What can I do to confirm that the hand pin is the problem? If it is going to get worse, should I send it back now, or just let the problem worsen and then send it back to S&W?

Thanks
 
My theory's shot.
I had one that ejected cases hard, and due to something I haven't figured out yet, the cylinder would push more forward than normal, and bind on the forcing cone. (Causing an occasional hard trigger pull.)
I polished the inside of the cylinders, and it went away (Because I didn't have to push so hard on the ejector.)
Yours is different.
 
Probably not it, but check to make sure the ejector rod is screwed in firmly.
Remember, it's a reverse thread.

Otherwise, if it was fine before it went to the factory, call them and explain the deal.
You might just get a free action job out of it.
:)
-Kframe
 
Like Mike says...check the strain screw.

Might also look for stray bits n pieces of crud that it might have picked up in transit or at the factory.

And, like Kframe says, then call the factory and see if they will do a number on it.

Sam
 
Strain screw is as tight as I can torque it. Ejector rod seems tight too.

I think I'm going to dry fire it a bunch of times tonight and tomorrow and see how many times it'll hitch. If it's some crud in the mechanism maybe it'll work loose.

If not, back to S&W. Thank goodness for free customer service with free shipping.

Thank's everybody for the great advice. You all are a generous and wonderful resourse to have.

Sprout
 
When it's hard to pull, do you have to release the trigger and pull it again or can you still pull it back all the way? If the former, it's operator error.
 
It never stops puling back. I can always pull it until the hammer drops, it's just that the pull gets very hard and uneven.

Actually, it's been good practice trying to keep the sights alined when it does this, especialy when the preceeding and subsequent shots are smooth and light.

Thanks for the idea though. I'd hate to send the gun to S&W only to get it back with a letter three weeks later saying "you're pulling the trigger the wrong way stupid."

Thanks
 
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