Anyone replace their Smith and Wesson 625 JM trigger

[brazil]

[sigstroker]

Smith used to put smooth rounded triggers on some of their revolvers.

[trapshot68]

I've got an older 625JM, and I know exactly what you're talking about. One of these days, I'll just be yanking the guts out and have a gunsmith radius/smooth the trigger and do a 3/4 bob on the hammer.

[ARDude]

I have a 625 PC and it has a smooth trigger. I'm sure you could replace the grooved one with the smooth one.
Except for cosmetics, the guns are basically the same internally.

[vinconco]

Mine has the smooth trigger. Not sure why JM likes the big fat grooved trigger.... seems counter intuitive. But hey...he's the master!!

My 625 is going back to S&W for a broken cylinder hand. I have a Model Of 1988 that I bought just a month before the lifetime warranty was phased out.

[sigstroker]

Probably because sometimes he's yanking on that thing as fast as he can. I imagine for 3 gun or other stuff that requires accuracy over speed he uses a different trigger. Or it could be that he's got a 1 inch callus on his finger and it doesn't matter.

[brazil]

> that he's got a 1 inch callus on his finger

That JM grooved trigger eats calluses. ;-)
He's a better man than I, Gunga Din.

[Fishslayer]

My 625-8 PC has (I assume) a Performance Center narrowish rounded, smooth trigger. VERY nice. It's also a different coating so it doesn't look like ***** when it wears.

[SnWnMe]

Take it out and take a file to it to break the ridges a bit.

[Grumpyoldretiredcop]

The only Smith trigger I've replaced was on a 629 that came to me with mismatched trigger and hammer, a relic of the previous owner's attempt at a trigger job. Be aware that replacing just a trigger in a Smith revolver almost always requires fitting. If you find a matched set of trigger and hammer that is more to your liking, fitting becomes much less likely but may still be required. This is what I did with the 629; pulled a replacement trigger/hammer set out of my parts box and I was fortunate enough to have it drop in with very little fitting required.



It might be easier to pull the existing trigger and reshape it to your liking. Breaking the edges and the top of the ridges on the face may be enough. Don't try it with the trigger installed and a power tool is not necessary. WnWnMe has it right; a set of jeweler's files will do any reshaping you need to do.

[brazil]

> replacing just a trigger in a Smith revolver almost always requires fitting.

Thanks for the reality check. I thought that would be the case. SnWnMe's suggestion of cutting the edges struck a chord with me too but, if possible, I'd prefer to preserve the original parts.
Sounds like I have a decision to make. Thanks for all the input guys.
Happy Holidays

[ojisan]

Grooved triggers were originally for single action bullseye shooting to help keep the trigger finger located properly and the smooth triggers were for DA shooting to allow the finger to slide on the trigger.
But now grooved or smooth seems to be installed with not much rhyme or reason.

[9mmepiphany]

Not sure why JM likes the big fat grooved trigger.... seems counter intuitive. But hey...he's the master!!.

Jerry teaches that for fast and accurate shooting, your trigger finger should not slide across the face of the trigger during the DA trigger stroke. He prefers the grooves to help his finger stay in place on the face of the trigger

[tipoc]

Jerry teaches that for fast and accurate shooting, your trigger finger should not slide across the face of the trigger during the DA trigger stroke. He prefers the grooves to help his finger stay in place on the face of the trigger

I agree. I've always liked serrated triggers for that reason. But then, my finger don't move around on the smooth ones.

tipoc