Warning to all SIG owners, especially in CA...

Teddy (the right TJ) has some pretty strong opinions, particularly about ever other gunsmith in the world, but he also does really great work. I wouldn't hesitate to send Teddy Jacobson one of my guns to work on.
 
I wish the author of that thread had said specifically that the work was done by TJ's Custom Gunworks in CA, and NOT by Mr. Teddy Jacobson, of Actions By T.

Note that TJ from that shop has posted a response to this claim, noting that it's anonymous so he can't respond to the details, which is fair commentary.

I love Mr. Jacobson's work but feel the trigger on my SIG P220 is so good I'm not going to bother. He really helped my CZ 85 Combat, though.
 
The moral of the story: Leave your pistol alone!! The manufacturer spend $$$$ on research & development & testing. Your gunsmith didn't. Other than changing sights or grips, modifying, accurizing, or "smoothing" the trigger does NOT make your gun more reliable, it makes it LESS reliable. Want more proof? Just watch a Bianchi Cup or any match shoot where heavily-customized "race" guns are used & see how many malfunctions those competetors have with their $5,000.00 pistols.
A "Reliability Package" is pure horse manure. If the pistol ain't reliable when it comes from the factory, it ain't worth spending more to make it reliable. I have 3 Sig pistols with over 3,000 rounds in each with NO malfunctions. Why?? Because I left it alone!
 
Maybe not pure scatology on reliability packages. For example, if you have an old 1911A1 and you would like it to feed SWC's, then you might consider smoothing the ramp and chamber. The factory may well have spent a lot of money on the development of
the firearm in question, but unless you are buying a target model-and sometimes even if you are, the factory spends the money to develop the most cost effective part. Not necessarily the best. Where the rub comes in is that many "shooters" claim heresay as the gospel and ship their weapons off to the gunsmith (hopefully a good one!) or do it themselves (next week's gunshow trade) before they pop a single cap out of it.
 
Hitnxring,
I respectfully disagree...I have had plenty of great trigger jobs with no negative effect...if you do not choose wisely, you might end up unhappy like the fellow did with the Sig.
I shoot better with a clean breaking trigger. A stock trigger (most of them) are not clean breaking. If you do not mind hitting what you are NOT aiming at, keep it genuine.
Most manufactures build triggers around a lawyer's recomendation to make it hard to pull the trigger...pure liability vs. shootability.
My .02
VF
 
For fun and games, a lot of folks like to have their guns worked over, for the better if they are lucky. And for those folks and for those who carry because they want to, that is a personal choice.

But I have known some real pros who have their necks right on the line a lot of the time, and they generally do not care to have anyone fool around with their guns. These guys shoot a lot of our ammo on the range, and if something does break, the gun goes to the agency armorer or factory service, not to some self-styled super duper gunsmith.

Stock stuff only, with maybe a different grip, but that is about all.

Jim
 
Some custom work is neccessary....my gun didn't come with a trigger so firing it was impossible with out some after market smithing.....I think he also put in a barrel, whatever that is....
 
I did my own trigger job on my SIG Sauer P226. I call it the "buy three cases of ammo and shoot the trigger smooth" trigger job.;) :D
 
I think a good gunsmith should be able to enhance the reliability of an arm, not reduce it. Most of the reliability issues I have seen with other people's guns result from being too tight, trying to squeeze every last bit of accuracy out of them. Well, there is a trade off there. A good smith should be able to perform an actoin job without reducing the reliability of the piece.

I recently had my tired Sig 226 reworked after 11 years in my duty holster and several thousands of rounds. For action work I sent it to Teddy Jacobsen in Texas, not the TJ in the post, and was very impressed. The trigger mechanism has a polish so bright I could use it to shave. He also recrowned the barrel for me as it was plenty dinged up over the years. The gun is 100% reliable and, with an excellent trigger, I am able to shoot it better. And that was the whole reason for sending it out to begin with. Teddy Jacobsen works on fighting pistols, he knows what will work and what will not. Rest assured that any of your firearms sent to him for action work will treated well.
 
I did what blades67 did. My 1989 P226 has an amazing trigger. After about 1000 rounds, the DA was as smooth as a hot knive through butter and the SA real crisp.
 
I do all of my own action work on my Smith & Wesson revolvers.

Sure, I've ruined some parts.

Sure, I've had to go back and "adjust" things to get them to where I want them to be.

But when the problems occur, the only person I have to blame is myself.

And I know how to fix it, too.

Consequentially, I have quite a few S&W revolvers that are exactly where I want them to be -- good, smooth triggers, glass slick actions, and no misfires.
 
Gonna hafta go with hitnthexring & Jim on this one (especially good point made by hitnthexring, btw...)

As a tinkerer, I have to say that tinkerin is fun for the fun guns, but dangerous in the guns that need to be relied upon. Carry pieces that need tinkerin shouldn't be carried.
 
Proof that some folks can screw up anything under the guise of "improving" it.

When taking or sending a gun out for work, research the shop carefully.

Sam
 
I have done a few "trigger jobs" on SIG pistols, both my own and for others who are LE. 100% reliability with a DA pull that is lighter and smoother than that which came from the factory. That translates into better accuracy, btw;).

I've shot some SIGs that had no business leaving the factory. You could either send it back to them (for an "iffy" improvement), or to a competent 'smith to have the DA pull improved.

SIGs are notoriously reliable, but the DA pull can differ substantially from one pistol to another.
 
yankytrash,
Good point! I don't carry, if I was, I'd be darn sure of reliability! I'm sure police officers are restricted by their departments as to custom work, what with liability and safety issues.
My bed side gun is a Glock 21 with only one "enhancement"...a set of Heine Slant-Eight night sights. That gun shoots so fine I don't see the reason to have it worked on....I'm real happy the way it is.
I shoot at the range(s). Most my guns are "fun" guns...target shooters, plates, or the like...I don't shoot competiitively, just to make the groups smaller at longer ranges...just for me, no one else.
That is BIG reason I feel totally fine having some of my guns "worked on"...if they fail to fire (so far I've not had that happen after a trigger job ...knock on wood) I would just pick up another gun and use it.
VF
 
Assuming we are talking about service pistols and not gamesman's race guns, I would have to say that of the dozens of Sig handguns that I've fired over the years, I never saw one that needed a trigger job.
 
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