New Guy w/ a Sigma Question

Smith-&-Who · Oct 17, 2011

Hey everybody...I was at work today thinking of some ways to invest a little money into my 40VE rather than going out an buying a new gun. I started thinking about the heavy trigger pull that each of us Sigma owners know a lot about. I was wondering if it were possible to have a milling company possibly duplicate the Sear or the Sear housing that's made of polymer to alleviate that grinding when pulling the trigger rearward. I've already gone through the steps of breaking it down and finely polishing the metal to a mirror like finish but I'm still not happy with the fluidity of the pull. Does anybody think that this is possible? My assumption is is that a piece as small as the sear or sear housing (the polymer piece) would only cost maybe $100 to $150 but don't quote me on that. I'd also like to have the barrel blued and also to add a few serrations to the front of the slide to provide me a better grip when locking it to the rear. Maybe I'm thinking of investing to much into it but they were just thoughts that passed through my head while I was reading "Handgunner". Anyway, thanks in advance.

Jim H · Oct 17, 2011

Well, I suppose you could... I would wonder about the durability of these parts made of polymer, how many rounds would it take to turn them to mush?

Myself, I'd put the money toward cheap practice ammo that would bring me instant fun, slick up the trigger some more, and build up my trigger finger muscles so that I no longer noticed how 'heavy' the trigger was.

As you probably have already read, don't treat it like a target gun, just go shoot it!

OKFC05 · Oct 17, 2011

Maybe I'm thinking of investing to much into it

YA THINK!!

S&W can fix you right up with an M&P standard or Pro, and APEX trigger kits for it are commercially produced and readily available if you want.

marlin.357 · Oct 17, 2011

Did you polish the slot in the sear, or just the camming surface? Most of the roughness in mine was in the slot.

Option 1: Send it back to S&W to get the roughness/grittiness taken care of. Lots of good results doing that reported here.

Option 2: Trade up to something with a trigger more to your liking.

Option 3: Design/Develop/Produce a new slick sear block that will plug 'n play in the Sigma and I'll tell you where to find a list of ready customers.

Smith-&-Who · Oct 17, 2011

The heavy trigger isn't so much the issue as the grittiness during the actual trigger pull. The heavy trigger does exactly what it was designed for; to keep the gun from being discharged unintentionally. The grittiness has got to go however. Like I said I polished out the sear block to a mirror finish and I can no longer see/feel any machine marks left by S&W. I even took an emery board to the inside of the sear housing to reduce the friction between the two. As far sending it back to S&W, I'm certain that's out of the question since I've probably voided the warranty. But hey, I'm the tinkering type and if I can customize it exactly how I want then the better it works for me and the more I can appreciate it.

As far as the bluing...has anyone attempted this on their own and if so how does it come out? I've watched a couple of "how to" videos on youtube but every product guarantees to be better than the other guys product so it's hard to figure out who to go with with out trying it yourself. Again, thanks in advance.

marlin.357 · Oct 17, 2011

Smith-&-Who said:
Like I said I polished out the sear block to a mirror finish and I can no longer see/feel any machine marks left by S&W.

Does that include the slot where it rides on the two pins?

Smith-&-Who said:
I even took an emery board to the inside of the sear housing to reduce the friction between the two.

And it's smoother than it was before?

Smith-&-Who said:
As far sending it back to S&W, I'm certain that's out of the question since I've probably voided the warranty.

I still think it would be worth a call to give S&W a shot at it....

Smith-&-Who said:
But hey, I'm the tinkering type and if I can customize it exactly how I want then the better it works for me and the more I can appreciate it.

A man's gotta know his limitations....

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