sand in my S&W 337

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wire

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whats the best way to get that gritty feeling out?
Would like to avoid complete dissassembly, cover plate removal is within my abilities.
Thanks
 
Not sure how many rounds you have through it, couple of thousand dry fires have been know to work wonders on guns (as well as your finger strength).

I just watched Jerry Miculeks "Trigger Job" video and he states flatly that with all the stoning and smoothing he was about to show, the true goal was to basically wear the gun in to the same point as if it had the trigger pulled 4000 times.
 
No really, there is sand in the trigger mech. and I would like to get it out.
I bought the 337 new and have about 1000 rds fired and the trigger does indeed smooth out significantly through just firing.
But after digging my truck out of a sandy ditch, it has that coffee grinder feeling. I'm going to remove the cover and spray it down with degreaser. Just looking for a short cut.
 
I don't think there is a safe shortcut.
Iffen 'twere mine would totally strip, degrease, clean, corrosion inhibitor, lube.

Or have it done.

The gritty feeling is not just an irritant, it can do damage.

Sam
 
Thanks Sam, thats what I was looking for. I just removed the cover and sprayed, worked great. Last time I stripped completely, I couldn't get the rebound spring assembly back together.
 
Just take care when you take the side plate off. Do Not put a screw driver under it and pry upwards. The correct way to get it off is, after you have all of the screws out, rap the grip with a screw driver handle and the side plate will come lose. Be sure and use the proper sized screw dirver on the side plate screws and be very carefull when you put the side plate on to make sure that you don't have us use force on it. Be gentle and take your time. The top of the side plate goes into the frame first and then gently put pressure on the plate to seat it all the way. It's not a big trick to work on the innards of a Smith & Wesson just take your time and go slow...

7th
 
Thanks 7th Fleet, I have no problem with the cover, Just the trigger rebound assembly and its parts that want to scatter all over the place and are too small to reassamble.
 
Hey Wire, if you want to really slick up the action on the J frame, get a Bullseye Spring kit and install it in your gun. It will make a world of difference in the trigger pull. The little spring that lives inside the rebound slide safety is a bear to get back in place. The way that I do it is to use a small common screw driver, while wearing safety glasses just in case, push on the spring until it drops down behind the post in the frame. The more times you do this task, the easier that it gets. It's kind of like taking a Ruger Standard .22 semiauto pistol apart and putting it back together. Some folks say that it's hard to do and I guess it is until you learn the knack of how to do it. Good luck...7th
 
A much simpler way would have been to remove the grips, cock the hammer and dunk the gun in a can of cleaner (gasoline will do, but NO SMOKING!). Slosh it around for a while, in all directions, but mainly upside down so the crud washes out through the hammer slot. Then keep up the sloshing, but work the gun while doing it.

Then let drain, spray with a good light oil, or something like G96 Gun Treatment. Then oil the inside lightly (5-6 drops in front of the hammer, 3-4 in front of trigger, one in the front of the extractor rod, 1-2 under the extractor and one on the ratchet. Add one or two on the crane axes, and that's it.

Jim
 
Hey 7th, yes, taking apart a Ruger was also the limit of my abilities. Not going to do that again either!!
Looks like I have all the resident experts responding, good stuff here.Thanks all for the tips.
I am retired from USAF and was qualified on a M-15, then we went "high speed" to the M9s with snap on suppressors.
I have since thinned out my black guns.
Very glad to have a revolver again.
The 337 is a remarkable gun. I found this one without a key lock and jumped on it.
thanks again
Scott
 
Just to note Brownells has some very good videos on S/W revolver disassembly. As noted just have the right screw drivers and patience.

Jerry Miculeks trigger job video has a prety good section on it. He did warn however that their is no reason to be taking your sideplate off every thousand rounds for cleaning. His comment being your just wearing out the screw holes for no reason.
 
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