Hate to puke in the punch bowl, but the BG38 was the worst handgun I've ever owned. Less than 200 rds and the timing was so bad it was shaving lead. Sent it back to S&W, the trouble returned after less than 20rds. Even on a good day, it was all over the paper even with lightly loaded 38spl wadcutters. I couldn't get rid of mine fast enough. Oh yeah, forget about a trigger job. The BG38 doesn't have the standard issue J frame trigger which means no trigger job's possible. The only way to run it in is to shoot it. If it lasts, maybe yours will lighten up. Hope you have better luck than I did.