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Old 08-17-2017, 03:33 PM
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Recently, we heard from my son, who bought a nickel M-29-2, four-inch bbl.

He's been tinkering with it and thinks he may want to change the trigger for the smooth combat or Ranger trigger like on my M-66-3.

Were those triggers made for the M-29-2 and other N-frames? Will such a trigger fully interchange with the target factory trigger? I don't want him to order a trigger and find it isn't compatible with the target hammer of that dash number.

Please, collectors, don't tell us that he shouldn't alter the gun. He sees it as a shooter, as are all of his guns. Takes great care of them, but they aren't safe queens.

I'm not sure if that trigger was made for N-frames. He'd need it in color case-hardened form, of course.
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Triggers are fitted parts on these guns. You could certainly fit a new one to the weapon but it isn't all that simple. (Not that hard either, but you need specialized knowledge to do it right.) I expect you could either come up with a factory smooth trigger (I like them myself) or, if push came to shove, a competent pistol smith could smooth out the one that is in there now. Just a thought. I know the factory supplied either a target trigger or a service trigger as requested, though I suspect very few Model 29s left the factory with smooth triggers. Just my two-cents worth. I can no longer claim any great expertise. My information base is too old, like me.
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I don't really know, but it's my sense that the smooth .312 triggers arrived on scene around 1980. K,L,N frame triggers are all the same, but, he needs a forged trigger, not MIM. I've not tried to install a MIM trigger in a forged trigger lockwork, so do not know if it can be made to work, but I see no need to try it as forged triggers are readily available on the market, not from Smith. They couldn't even provide a MIM trigger for a non lock gun!
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S&W made (or makes) a case colored smooth trigger that is 0.400 inch wide. It should be compatible with your son's 29-2. I don't know how plentiful these triggers are, but at least they did make some. Current production Model 29-10s have a grooved trigger that is 0.400 inch wide.

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The Ranger triggers are .312" wide. I once fitted one to a 1906 .32-20; fitting one to a M29-2 shouldn't be a big deal.
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My 586 no dash has a smooth .312 and my 13-1 has a .400 .....
I like the .312 and LUV the .400
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My 29-2 had the trigger smoothed and rounded with an over travel screw installed by Ron Power. I really like it, especially for double action work.

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Had my TT smoothed. Really prefer TT width and smoothed.
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