Purchased a revolver for the Mrs. & have a question

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Derekc294

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I bought my wife a S&W Bodyguard 38 special and she is saying the trigger feels like it has a snag at times on the pull through. I've fired about 30 rounds through it and haven't experienced it myself. Anyone have an issue with it?
 
She might be feeling stacking, a sensation when you're compressing springs and suddenly it feels as if the weight of the trigger increases. Or, she might be feeling that part of the trigger pull that lets her stage the double action pull.
 
Pawpaw is probably right. I like a double action revolver to "stack up" as the locking bolt drops into place on the cylinder. That way I can refine my sight picture prior to firing the revolver. I shoot my S & Ws double action so I get what is almost a single action trigger pull at the instant of firing that way.

A second answer may be what happened to my son's Model 60 this winter. When brand new, the nose on the trgger was catching on the bolt as it pulled the locking bolt out of battery with the cylinder. It was an anoying little glitch so we removed the sideplate and lubricated the mechinism and put a dawb of gun greese on the trigger nose. That stopped the little glitch and the pistol now loads up just right for our style of DA shooting.

I would suggest that you unload the new pistol and have your wife dry fire the revolver with snap caps a bit every day for a while. That will smooth up the action over time and it will build up the wife's finger muscles so that she can shoot the pistol more accurately.
 
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Great advise from Scharfschuetzer. The J frame is more prone to stacking because of the coil spring used on the hammer. A good gun mechanic could smooth it up with a action job. I would not recommend a after market main spring as it's a self defense weapon. A lighter trigger return spring does help.
 
Frankly, she is probably pulling the trigger too slow. IMO pulling/squeezing slow and being surprised by the break is old school. I would suggest she dry fire wit fairly rapid trigger squeezes and focus on where the completion point is in the trigger pull. When you know that, you can add timing your sights crossing the bullseye at the completion or sear break point.

A long slow squeeze will make any trigger feel bad.

Quick take up, settle sights on aimpoint and theN a smooth increasing pull with break timed as sights cross the bullseye will be better everytime. It will also make most triggers feel good enough.
 
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