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S&W vrs Taurus trigger pull
- Thread starter Fer
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I have handled both
And I have never seen a Taurus out of the box that could match a Smith.
They can be cleaned up to match a smith but if Taurus had that good a trigger out of the box since there Smith copies and sell for much less there would never be another smith sold.
Thats not to put Taurus down they make good guns its just the fit and internal finish are cheaper and cheaper does not make them better.
And I have never seen a Taurus out of the box that could match a Smith.
They can be cleaned up to match a smith but if Taurus had that good a trigger out of the box since there Smith copies and sell for much less there would never be another smith sold.
Thats not to put Taurus down they make good guns its just the fit and internal finish are cheaper and cheaper does not make them better.
I have a few Taurus snubby revolvers manufactured in 2004. I have a couple S&W j-frames made in the 1980's. A friend of mine has two S&W j-frames made in 2005.
We did a comparison, dry-firing and firing our usual carry loads. We both thought that the 2004 Taurii had a better trigger pull than the 2005 S&W, but worse than the 1980's S&W.
Clearly this is a small sample size, but it is consistent with some other comparisons I have done recently. Some of the recent-manufacture Ruger revolvers had the worst trigger pulls of all. This surprised me, since Taurus and Ruger both have coil mainsprings whereas the S&W does not.
We did a comparison, dry-firing and firing our usual carry loads. We both thought that the 2004 Taurii had a better trigger pull than the 2005 S&W, but worse than the 1980's S&W.
Clearly this is a small sample size, but it is consistent with some other comparisons I have done recently. Some of the recent-manufacture Ruger revolvers had the worst trigger pulls of all. This surprised me, since Taurus and Ruger both have coil mainsprings whereas the S&W does not.
In the larger revolvers S&W should (but doesn't always) have a better stock trigger, and it can be cleaned up by a smith to a much nicer trigger than the Taurus could ever hope to have. The larger (K-frame and above) S&W revolvers use a leaf mainspring, Taurus uses a coil mainspring (like Ruger). There is an advantage to the coil spring, it is supposed to be more durable (but with some S&Ws many decades old with the original springs sometimes I'm not sure that extra durability is needed), but there is a cost in trigger pull and smoothness.
In the small framed snubs (which you asked about) both Taurus and S&W use the coil mainspring. So, theoretically, they should be able to be tuned to a similar level (with similar aftermarket mainsprings). For whatever reason, many people have been noticing in new production S&W J-frames the trigger isn't as good as in the new production Taurus small framed snubs. I've noticed it myself. I can't tell you why it is, only that it seems to be the case.
In the small framed snubs (which you asked about) both Taurus and S&W use the coil mainspring. So, theoretically, they should be able to be tuned to a similar level (with similar aftermarket mainsprings). For whatever reason, many people have been noticing in new production S&W J-frames the trigger isn't as good as in the new production Taurus small framed snubs. I've noticed it myself. I can't tell you why it is, only that it seems to be the case.