It's my understanding the 586, 6" barrel has an adjustable trigger stop. I call S&W customer service and was told that it was an internal adjustment. Well,duh. Then he told me the procedure would be found in the owner manual. Well, if it's there I could not find it. If it's in the manual then I guess I will continue to look for it. If not, could someone tell me how it's done. I just want to take up some of the over travel.

Thanks.

The only ones I'm familer on the L-Frames were the rods inside of the rebound slide. The only way to "adjust" them was to insert a longer rod and grind it down as needed. Most of the PC guns had the screw in the trigger itself.

This 586/6" has a small piece (looks like "in the white") right behind the upper part of the trigger that appears to be a trigger stop. I have not seen this on any of my other S&W's. According to SCSW (3rd ed., pg. 248,) this gun has an "adjustable" trigger stop" which doesn't lead me to any grinding of parts. It looks to me that if I could move this piece forward 1/16th" it would, in fact, take up the over travel of the trigger. I don't mind taking off the side plate, as I have done on many other guns, but I want to know what to do when I do remove it.

Pardon the extra oil. It had been put up for storage. Many thanks.

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That is the trigger stop, to adjust it you must remove the side plate, and then loosen the screw holding it in place.

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Guy-Harold Smith II

Thank you. That will be my project for tomorrow.
Tom

Thanks Smith357 for the info. After removing the side plate I went to max adjustment first to see how it did, and man, it's perfect. I loaded it up with snap caps and ran it through several times, SA and DA and it worked perfectly. As many of you already know, but for those who do not, the trigger adjustment takes up the trigger over travel so the trigger has a shorter distance to go forward for the next shot. It really comes into play during rapid firing.

I'm no gunsmith, but I'm sure the smiths on this site will agree. Be patient with your plastic mallet. The urge to pry the side plate is great, but don't do it. Just keep tapping and it will eventually come off. Proper screw drivers are a must!

I think S&W should have this feature on all their revolvers.

Thanks for the info. I have a 586 no dash with the trigger stop. This is my first disassebly of this gun and the stop was loose, but she shot beautifully yesterday.

Now I know what it is and how to adjust it. This is my first revolver to have this type of trigger stop.

Actually, the intended purpose of a trigger stop is to limit the amount of trigger travel after the sear breaks so the trigger doesn't build up inertia before encountering the limit of its travel and possibly affect the gun's point of aim. This is a target-shooting feature more that a combat one, which might be why 6" guns seem to have it most often.

Having said that, I have a 4" 66-2 that has a stop. I posted a photo of it once and someone on here messaged me about its rarity on that barrel length.

Ed

Both of my M19's with 2 1/2" bbls have the trigger stop