Importance of trigger return

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Blue Duck357

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Yeah I've been watching my Jerry Miculek tape again. Every time I see this guy shoot I can't decide if I want to practice a thousand rounds or sell all my guns and take up knitting ;)

Anyway... In the tape on trigger pull he mentioned the trigger return being even more important than the trigger pull in good shooting. Can someone expand on this???
 
In a Smith revolver, the trigger pull weight in double action and the speed at which the trigger returns are determined by the rebound slide spring.

If you want a lighter weight trigger pull, replacing the stock rebound slide spring with a lighter spring is often the first step, and can have a large effect on felt trigger pull.

However, because the rebound slide spring returns the trigger, the lighter weight spring can either return the trigger at a slower speed, with less certainty, or if the action is "bound," no trigger return at all.

That's why an entire action smoothing is often recommended when using a lighter rebound slide spring, to reduce the amount of action binding and allow the trigger to return more surely.
 
Stock (stout) trigger return spring compensates for sloppy trigger finger movement. Stout spring actually pushes the lazy finger forward to some degree.

With proper trigger finger discipline, the finger snaps forward as soon at the sear breaks. Hence, a much lighter spring can move the trigger back into battery with adequate speed. Follows the finger rather than having to push it.

Sam
 
Maby a progression involved.

Experience with Smith hand ejectors here.
Stock and smooth to learn initially.
Lighter spring with slick action helps learn rapid and accurate fire.
As finger control becomes better, speed with accuracy goes up.
Getting to the point where speed is such that stock springs go back in.
Then to the Miculek/McGivern level where stock is barely stout enough.

Sam
 
I guess I'm somewhat of a contrarian on the issue.

I like the trigger return spring to be heavy enough so I can absolutely feel it when the weather's cold, my hand's sore, etc. Otherwise, I may end up not feeling the pressure change when the trigger has reset and waste time and motion moving my finger too far forward.
 
Actually in the tape I'm talking about he noted that he used both lighter main and return springs in his competition guns, but that he was carefull to match the two.

Didn't mention the exact the trigger pull but said his comp 625 gun had a primer hit about a third the force of a stock gun but as he used Federal primers seated deeper than normal to make them more sensitive it was 100% reliable (but only with that specific load).

Thanks for the responces!
 
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