I have an older-prelock Taurus 85 in SS. Does anyone know a smith in the Phila. and suburbs area-50 mile radius who does good trigger/action jobs on these. I know there are a lot of well known guys mentioned on line there are farther away but don't want to deal with shipping hassle and price-to keep costs down.
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Taurus 85-Trigger/action Phila.area
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DCloudy777
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I don't know how mechanically inclined you are, but an 8 dollar spring kit from Wolff and just cleaning out the internals did wonders for my 85. It was one of the first times I'd taken any gun apart, and it went pretty smoothly. Taurus revolver, IMHO, are notorious for gritty actions, and alot of thatt goes away with just a thorough cleaning of the insides. The Wolff kit comes with replacement mainspring and trigger return spring (two weights, IIRC). The mainspring can swapped with just a grip removal. Use a small punch or allen wrench or something to insert into the little hole on the guide rod to keep the new spring compressed during installation (took this genius about a half hour of spring-finding to figure that one out). The trigger return spring requires sideplate removal, but is pretty straightforward. If you trust yourself to do it (or are just poor and desperate like I was), just cleaning the grit out of the inside of the frame, hammer, and trigger, along with the new springs, will make you think you've got a new gun. For information purposes only, of course, YMMV. Just my free advice, which is worth almost what you paid for it.
taurus 85
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm fairly decent with my hands and can do all of the things you mentioned. I thought about the wolf spring replacement previously but didn't know if it what make firing a cartridge less then 100%. I've heard of horror stories of folks having their pieces screwed up by someone that didn't know what they were doing. I was curious if any members knew of anyone in the Phila. suburban area that has a good reputation doing this. I've been in stores where the owner is also a smith and sometimes the're grouchy types but that doesn't mean they're no good. In fact the grouchy guy could be the best one.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm fairly decent with my hands and can do all of the things you mentioned. I thought about the wolf spring replacement previously but didn't know if it what make firing a cartridge less then 100%. I've heard of horror stories of folks having their pieces screwed up by someone that didn't know what they were doing. I was curious if any members knew of anyone in the Phila. suburban area that has a good reputation doing this. I've been in stores where the owner is also a smith and sometimes the're grouchy types but that doesn't mean they're no good. In fact the grouchy guy could be the best one.