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06-17-2016, 03:51 AM
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6904 trigger job.
Who is the go to guy to replace the hammer with a 5904 hammer and a general trigger job? Maybe a touch lighter and a touch smoother.
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06-30-2016, 02:50 AM
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I guess I will give this a go here.....
Brownells has your hammer.
As too a trigger job, the first question I have for you is "Is this your carry weapon?"
The 6904 is a carry/defense weapon, and if this is what you use it for, then all I can say is, don't.
If you have to use this in a defensive use, even if it is a righteous shooting, a light trigger can be used against you in court, every scumbag has a Mother, and usually someone that cares for them, so a lawsuit will come afterword. Can you hire your own expert to refute it, yes, but how much do you want to spend here, and will 12 people that couldn't get out of jury duty believe you or that scumbags lawyer?
I would leave the stock hammer in place (It's less likely to snag on draw) and really, Practice and training will eliminate the need for a trigger job. just spend that on training and ammo and you'll be just fine.
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06-30-2016, 12:24 PM
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06-30-2016, 09:54 PM
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I agree with Jeffytune. I have a 6904 along with many other 3rd gens...and other stuff as well. Guns are like anything else in that you can find one to suit any need or niche. My F-150 and my Mustang both have 4 wheels, a motor, and go down the road...but they do it in a very different way and I don't expect one to be like the other. They should both perform the way they were designed and be reliable...they do and they are.
My 6904 isn't a race gun but it is an ultra reliable service pistol that handles well and does it's job without any fuss. If I want a really slick range/competition gun then I can certainly have that but the 6904 probably isn't the gun I would look to fill that role. There are a few little things you can do so it's as good as it can be but I wouldn't modify or alter it in an attempt to make it something it's not.
You didn't say how much use yours has seen but mine has moderate use and is quite smooth. It will never have a light trigger...not in it's DNA. Not trying to tell you what to do. JMHO.
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07-05-2016, 04:51 AM
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I just want a smoother trigger, I am not looking to turn it into a race gun by any means. And I want a spurred hammer because I prefer it over the spurless. That's the extent of any mods I want on the pistol.
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07-05-2016, 02:55 PM
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Install a MIM spur hammer.
That will satisfy both of your requests simultaneously.
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07-05-2016, 07:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by comtedeloach
I just want a smoother trigger, I am not looking to turn it into a race gun by any means. And I want a spurred hammer because I prefer it over the spurless. That's the extent of any mods I want on the pistol.
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A person can smooth it some with a little massaging of the contact points.
Give this a look. The other videos are on youtube.
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07-06-2016, 01:21 AM
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Quote:
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Install a MIM spur hammer.
That will satisfy both of your requests simultaneously.
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How do I determine what is or isn't a mim hammer, I don't know the mim term.
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07-06-2016, 02:39 AM
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How do I determine what is or isn't a mim hammer, I don't know the mim term.
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MIM is an acronym meaning Metal Injection Molding.
It is a method of manufacturing very dimensionally consistent parts with very low rejection rates (as compared to forged and machined parts) from powdered metal.
These MIM parts were used on S&W pistols in the later years. (After 1995 as I recall.)
One happy benefit of the MIM process is that the parts are very smooth.
The most common cause of roughness in the trigger pull is from the curved area on the base of the hammer dragging on the sear as the trigger is pulled. (It's OK. It's supposed to do that.) On forged and machined hammers, that area is often very rough, hence the gritty trigger pull.
As all of the S&W hammers are pretty much interchangeable, any spur hammer will work and you could install an earlier forged hammer but you would still probably have a gritty trigger unless you smoothed that lower hammer area.
A MIM hammer would not require smoothing which would save you a step.
MIM hammers can be easily identified by their sunken sides.
Forged and machined hammers are full thickness.
Forged and machined hammers can be had in black or silver.
MIM hammers come in any color you want so long as it's black.
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07-06-2016, 03:21 AM
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6904 trigger job.
Thanks, that helps, but I checked brownells and they don't have it. Numrich has one but I don't know if it's mim or not.
Black is good.
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07-06-2016, 04:04 AM
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Brownell's is showing it in stock right now.
Search under the S&W part number: 262230000.
If you look closely at the picture, you can see the sunken sides.
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07-06-2016, 04:18 AM
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Numrich is also showing it in stock under their part number: 357910.
Their picture also shows a MIM hammer but I find Numrich to sometimes be a gamble.
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07-07-2016, 01:28 AM
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My googlefu in this instance is lacking, thanks for the help
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