S&W 357 Mag #586

[shaunbowler@yahoo.com]

Great Handgun... But, is there anyway a gunsmith can reduce the trigger pull weight?

[unclerandy]

Great Handgun... But, is there anyway a gunsmith can reduce the trigger pull weight?

Yes PM me

[benjamin101677]

I have a 586 new version lock that had trigger pulled reduced and it is amazing to shoot. Well worth the money to have it done

[Old4eyes]

I carefully noted this video on youtube. I am not a fan of Nut N Fancy but I ignore him and note what the gunsmith was doing.

I put in a reduced trigger rebound spring and followed "Yoda's" recommendation. I stayed away from the single action sear as he warned. I used stones, no dremel. The big reduction in the trigger pull is the TRS. The smoothness of the other areas that got cleaned up really make a difference.

I did two 686+ and a J frame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4GtXq2XXOI

[hermosabeach]

Understand the trade off of making the trigger lighter.

I shot a model 19 with a single action trigger of maybe 2 pounds.

1 in the 6 would not fire. Hammer did not drop hard enough.

4/6 would not fire if you shot it double action only.


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Long way of saying - talk with the smith and be on the same page. Self defense Gun and 100% shooting is a must or a range toy and some misfires are OK. You will just hit them a second time to get them to fire.

[sigstroker]

Thousands of gunsmiths do mediocre action jobs on Smiths. Millions of amateur gunsmiths do bad action jobs on Smiths. There are still gunsmiths that do good action jobs. Get reccos from competitors, etc.

[ysr_racer]

Will Ohara in Corona does nice S&W work. But as others have said, the lighter you go, the less reliable it is.

I shoot my revolver in competition, and it has a 6 pound double action trigger pull. It's smooth and light, but it will only fire reloaded ammo with Federal Small Pistol Primers.

Factory ammo just goes "click".

[norcal77]

Wilson combat makes a nice spring kit….easy to install and I’ve never had issues w factory ammo.

[car15]

I have to use federal primers after I changed my springs.

[Elgatodeacero]

Send it to the Smith and Wesson custom shop if you want reliable, smooth and light. They do excellent work for a very fair price.

[ysr_racer]

Send it to the Smith and Wesson custom shop if you want reliable, smooth and light. They do excellent work for a very fair price.

Under no circumstances do this. Take it to Will, or send it to Mojo, TK, or Pinnacle.

These guys are not constrained by corporate bull sht.

[Old4eyes]

A note on the trigger work I did on the 686 I mentioned in Post #4.

I did not change the main spring. This is a self defense gun, I wanted it to fire with factory ammo.

I put in a 13lb Wolf Trigger Return Spring.
All other work was polishing with a stone. Did not touch the Single Action Sear!
Dropped the DA pull from 11lb 6 0z to 9.0 lbs
The Single pull went from 4 lb 7oz to 2lb 14 oz.

[Elgatodeacero]

Under no circumstances do this. Take it to Will, or send it to Mojo, TK, or Pinnacle.

These guys are not constrained by corporate bull sht.

The people you have recommended may be very good, but the fact is that Smith & Wesson has an excellent custom shop and they do high quality work for very reasonable prices.

I have had many revolvers worked on by them, some simple tune ups, others more custom jobs. The idea that some corporate culture at S&W prevents their gunsmiths from doing excellent work is just incorrect.

[ysr_racer]

The people you have recommended may be very good, but the fact is that Smith & Wesson has an excellent custom shop and they do high quality work for very reasonable prices.

I have had many revolvers worked on by them, some simple tune ups, others more custom jobs. The idea that some corporate culture at S&W prevents their gunsmiths from doing excellent work is just incorrect.

In three weeks I'm shooting in the International Revolver Championship (IRC) in Shreveport Louisiana. Some of the world's best revolver shooters (and me) will be there.

I guarantee none of them are using guns that have been worked on by S&W. The smiths I listed probably built 99% of the guns there.

[ysr_racer]

When you want your Corvette hopped up, do you take it back to Chevy?