S&W trigger problem

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Keifer

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I have a presellout model 60-10 j frame 357mag, 3" barrel, adj sights. I took it out of the cabinet the other day to wipe it down and upon dry firing it, noticed the trigger wasn't returning fully. If I pushed the trigger forward a bit, I coud get the gun to cycle properly but in either s/a or d/a the trigger would not fully reset. Never having gotten inside a revolver I decided to leave it to someone who knew what they were doing but my guess was a broken spring.

I took it to my dealer today (authorized S&W repair center) and the guy said the hammer has a couple of notches on it that aren't properly mated to ??? I think he said sear but I was running late for work and on my way out the door so I wasn't paying attention as closely as I should have.

Anyone heard of this? This is about a 1994/5 model and I thought S&W quality was supposed to be pretty high then - their reputation was for good quality anyway.

Thanks in advance
 
Couple of possibilities:

Did you buy the gun used? People often change the "rebound slide spring" in Smiths. This is the spring that forces the trigger to reset. Some people replace it with a lighter spring for a lighter trigger pull. If the original spring has been replaced with a lighter one, that can cause trigger reset problems. You can get a factory weight rebound slide spring from Brownells to try.

Another possibility. I had a NIB 642 that developed this problem after 100 rounds or so. I am an impatient person and don't like to spend the ridiculous money required to ship handguns for warranty work, so I ordered a bunch of parts from Brownells and tried to fix it myself. It turns out that replacing the metal link that connects the rebound slide to the trigger solved the problem. The original one was just a tiny bit too short and it did not exert enough force to completely reset the trigger. I've never heard of this problem other than with my particular gun, but the gun is perfect now.

This is very simple stuff to do once you are familiar with S&W revolvers, but there is admittedly a steep learning curve if you've never opened one up before.

I dunno about what the guy is telling you about the hammer and sear. Could be true, I'm certainly no expert. Did he rule out the rebound slide spring? I would think that that would be the first thing he would check. It is probably the most common cause of trigger reset problems. Many amateur gunsmiths (myself included) change this spring to a non-factory weight. On the other hand, he'd get a lot more money and it would cost you alot more if he ordered a hammer and sear and then fitted them to each other and your gun.
 
just checked my records - bought NIB 10/95.

He said it would be about $20 to fix so I don't think he's trying to shaft me. Like I said, I was in a real hurry and not really listening when he told me (his answers can get kinda long at times and I needed to be out the door and on my wa to work) maybe he did say link - does that connect to the hammer? I KNOW he said hammer:rolleyes:
 
oh yeah - also about 2000 rounds through it 20 CorBon 357 -OW:eek: - 50 Federal 158gr 357 - OW:eek: - 1900 homerolled .38spl 158gr - much better:D
 
I'll bet that replacing the rebound slide spring, will fix your gun. Most Bullyseye replacement spring kits that Iv'e seen come with a very light one and a heavier one, incase the trigger refuses to reset with the lighter spring. Also a good cleaning and light honing/polishing of the rebound slide, sure wouldn't hurt matters either and would also help smooth up the DA trigger pull.

7th
 
7th right.
Clean, polish and maby replace the rebound spring.
Recent ones really rough in some of the places that count.

Sam
 
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