Trigger job on a Smith

[jbgramps]

I went to two gun shops today to get a price on a trigger job on a S&W Model 36. I'd like to get it down to a five or six pound pull for my little old lady wife. Both shops said they no longer did trigger work. I wasn't smart enough to ask why. So, what's the problem with doing trigger jobs these days?

 

[texagun]

Most "smiths" don't know how to do one on a S&W anymore. If you were in Ft. Worth I could point you to a good one who did mine.

 

[PopsXD9sc]

Apex Tactical sells a kit for the J frame Smiths that will get you where you want to be...

 

[91wm6]

Have you considered doing it yourself? I'm not terribly mechanically proficient and I did one on my S&W Model 60. There are guides online that show where to work the action. You can use a fine stone, or fine grit sand paper... the key is to smooth/polish the steel surfaces that move against eachother without actually removing too much steel.I shaved off 2-3 lbs from the DA and 1-2 from the SA pull,but the trigger is MUCH smoother thus easier to pull...

 

[Shotgun Jeremy]

How hard is it to do a trigger job on and M&P, anyone know? I can't figure out how you would take all that apart in there! Once the slide is off, and the slide spring and barrel are removed...that's about is as far as what I know how to do! lol

 

[AKM]

How hard is it to do a trigger job on and M&P, anyone know? I can't figure out how you would take all that apart in there! Once the slide is off, and the slide spring and barrel are removed...that's about is as far as what I know how to do! lol

PM radioman

 

[Shotgun Jeremy]

Ok, thanks!

 

[PopsXD9sc]

How hard is it to do a trigger job on and M&P, anyone know? I can't figure out how you would take all that apart in there! Once the slide is off, and the slide spring and barrel are removed...that's about is as far as what I know how to do! lol

Check out Apex Tactical videos on You Tube. It will walk you through the whole process using their kit; piece of cake.

 

[Radioman93]

Or do a search for "Burwell M&P trigger job"

Radioman

 

[smittyb]

How did we go from a model 36 to a M&P?
As for the j frame, start with a tube of toothpaste.

 

[Gramps]

JB - do you ever make it to Houston? Briley on the west side does a great job. I'll check my contact in Austin about a revolver smith.

 

[jbgramps]

How did we go from a model 36 to a M&P?
As for the j frame, start with a tube of toothpaste.

OK, you got my attention. Been shooting for over fifty years, but this went over my head. I assume you mean a good cleaning?

 

[jbgramps]

JB - do you ever make it to Houston? Briley on the west side does a great job. I'll check my contact in Austin about a revolver smith.

Thanks, I got a line on a shop that can do it. Just haven't contacted them yet. A couple of folks mentioned doing it myself, I might even do that.

Tonight I'm taking an online defense driving course. Got a damn speeding ticket a couple weeks ago when leaving the gun show. Yea, I'm guilty, doing 60 in a 50; and the deputy wouldn't cut me a break. The interesting thing was I had a .45 I took to the show to sell, and didn't sell it. The gun was laying under a blanket in the passenger seat.

I told the deputy I had a unloaded .45 in the seat. He said OK. Didn't seem concerned. I was superised. I can only assume an old geezer like me looked harmless.

 

[Old Timer]

OK, you got my attention. Been shooting for over fifty years, but this went over my head. I assume you mean a good cleaning?

No. (Although a clean gun is usually a well functioning gun.) Tooth paste is mildly abrasive. It will polish the surfaces that might otherwise bind or cause the action to move roughly. Toothpaste is a good inexpensive substitute for Jewelers Rouge which is what is usually used to polish such surfaces.

 

[AKM]

How did we go from a model 36 to a M&P?
As for the j frame, start with a tube of toothpaste.

You apperently havent been on TGT too long...

 

[RetArmySgt]

I can do both the Revolver and the M&P but I'm in College Station.

 

[smittyb]

You apperently havent been on TGT too long...

no, only since Nov 09, how bout you?

 

[Radioman93]

How did we go from a model 36 to a M&P?
As for the j frame, start with a tube of toothpaste.

Have to ask Shotgun Jeremy how the topic shifted. Looks like he is the one that asked about the M&P trigger job.

Radioman