629-3 smooth trigger

[oink]

I have a 629-3 5" "629 Classic". I like the gun very much. However I do not like the wide grooved target trigger. Actually I hate it. My estimate without removing it is it measures is .4".

My old 6" 629-1 has a smooth trigger that appears just a little shy of the .4". I've never had an issue with that one. My 3" 629-4 "Trail Boss" has a smooth trigger a little over .3" (.312 I guess). I guess I like that one ok too. I think my two 686s (no- and -4) also have about a .312" smooth trigger.

Anyhow, I think I prefer the wide smooth target on my old 629-1 but I could live with the smooth .312. So just which trigger for the 629-3, compatibility wise, with the -3. It's a BKK168* SN if that helps. Trigger isn't MIM.

I'll be posing a WTB ad when I figure out which is compatible. I'd like to get a complete trigger, possibly even with the hand.

I'm sorry I got a little long winded. It's an unfortunate habit.

Thans for any responses.

 

[Protocall_Design]

All the triggers are interchangeable, although sometimes some fitting is required.

 

[flintsghost]

The 629-3 should have come with a smooth wide trigger, so it has probably already been changed out. You should be able to find one fairly easily and change it. All triggers for K, L, and N are the same and interchangable.

 

[Engine49guy]

I also prefer a smooth combat trigger over one with serrations and have smoothed a few with a dremel.
Your dash 3 likely has flash chromed trigger hammer set, IIRC that changed with the 629-4.
Why don't you try swapping the smooth trigger from one of your other less used guns?

 

[luvsmiths]

I also prefer a smooth combat trigger over one with serrations and have smoothed a few with a dremel.
Your dash 3 likely has flash chromed trigger hammer set, IIRC that changed with the 629-4.
Why don't you try swapping the smooth trigger from one of your other less used guns?

Have a friend that did same as you, and said it was no problem to smooth it himself.

 

[Nightowl]

For me the .312 wide smooth trigger is the best there is! Although some I have measured recently run about .300 rather than the .312. My 629-4 3" has something less than .312 though, more like the standard smooth .265, but it still works pretty well. I would not want the wide trigger on a 3" either!

 

[DukeSoprano]

Yep, I use a dremel and smooth and polish them.

 

[oldbrownhat]

Have a friend that did same as you, and said it was no problem to smooth it himself.

A used 19-3 I got a few years ago had a grooved trigger and I smoothed it out myself. Can't remember now exactly what I did but a little judicious work with a Dremel would be a start, followed by some 320 & 400 W&D paper. I see there is a trace of the grooves left but I don't feel them. I think it measures about .290 wide.

 

[madmikeb]

Add me to the list of people that have smoothed them with a dremel. I had a 66 with the standard grooved trigger careful work with the dremel then hand sanding and polishing and it came out looking and feeling great.

Removing the grooves on my pythons and anaconda is on my list of things to do. Colt really dropped the ball putting grooved triggers on these.

 

[oink]

Thanks for the responses. I did consider smoothing out the factory trigger but I'd prefer to keep it around in case I ever want to return it to original configuration. And it does appear that the -3 5" Classic came with a wide grooved target trigger originally. Besides, if I did smooth it myself, well I tend to get anal about stuff like that and it would take me quite a while to get it to my satisfaction.

 

[saemetric]

My 629-1 has this smooth combat trigger on it.

 

[oink]

Well Protocal Design was kind enough to provide me with a wide stainless smooth trigger. So today I went to install it. I pulled the Hogue grip, mainspring, removed the cylinder and crane and side plate screws.

I then grabbed my Lyman brass tapper hammer with it's installed steel and nylon hammer faces. And then proceeded to tap the frame 3 times with the steel side. What a dumb ***. OK, readjust and tap it with the steel head again, sheesh! OK, realize I really haven't had enough sleep for this but I'm determined. So before tapping again I took the steel head off and replaced it with the brass one. I then managed to use the nylon side. Fortunately just very minor cosmetic damage. Oh well!

It's been a while (many years) since I removed a rebound slide and spring on one of these. In the past I never had any issues just using a very small craftsman slotted screwdriver. I'm just too out of practice or it's gotten harder on a -3. I got it out with difficulty but after switching out the trigger I couldn't get it back in. I finally broke down and made a crude tool out of an old phillips screwdriver. Not at all pretty but it worked, after a few adjustments.

Well after getting it back in I discovered that the trigger was hanging up on the cylinder stop. So I made another little tool for removal so as to avoid more aggravation. I polished the contact point on the trigger with a worn out fine diamond stone and after a couple of trys got that sorted out.

I guess I should have gotten tools for that years ago but never saw the need. Now that I have the tools, that I made in a hurry, I'm kinda wishing I'd done a prettier job of making them. As they work I'll probably never get around to making nicer ones.

Well the new trigger seems to work well. It even feels pretty smooth although not perfect. I'll see if it breaks in on it's own before messing with it any further. Other than the tiny dings done by the idiot with the hammer everything turned out well. Way nicer than that sharp edged grooved trigger I really didn't like.

Those Hogue grips can be a pain to get the screw back in. Hmm, what to do. They work well for shooting.

I'm sorry if you actually read all of that.

 

[zeke]

Any revolver that i shoot regular has a smoothed/radiused trigger.