66 no dash trigger
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Looks like "smoothed down" to me. What scares me is who did the work....the ILEA?? Perhaps the serrations were removed from the trigger? That was a fairly common modification back in the day.
Weird. I was there in 1975. Very first class to graduate from the academy at Plainfield, IN
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Weird. I was there in 1975. Very first class to graduate from the academy at Plainfield, IN
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The serrations are still on the trigger. The box indicates a target trigger. Did I read correctly that a target trigger does not affect the trigger pull weight?
Correct. The only difference in the various trigger styles is the appearance of the tang that is outside of the sideplate. The wider trigger face does distribute the force required over a larger area of the finger, so in that sense, the pull may feel "lighter" to the shooter.
Basically a "preference" call for the individual owner/shooter.
Basically a "preference" call for the individual owner/shooter.
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The common non-factory update to a LE no-dash 66 was the removal of the trigger stop from the frame. Generally the department armorer or another LE approved individual did it. Most LE agencies get cranky, even to this day, if a non-LE approved change is made to a service pistol. That applies double if the gun is agency owned.
Some smaller agencies can be more lax. However if the gun goes to the academy with a new officer in training, most will get a serious evaluation by a trained armorer. Non-spec parts get tossed in the eval process.
That said, in my "shooter" early 66, the serrated trigger was removed and replaced with a .312 wide factory smooth trigger. Much better for DA shooting.
Some smaller agencies can be more lax. However if the gun goes to the academy with a new officer in training, most will get a serious evaluation by a trained armorer. Non-spec parts get tossed in the eval process.
That said, in my "shooter" early 66, the serrated trigger was removed and replaced with a .312 wide factory smooth trigger. Much better for DA shooting.
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This trigger looks just like the one on my 66-1. It is lighter. Having a side by side comparison makes it obvious. I was hoping it was a common gun smithing option that I could have done to my 66-1 also.
Is it possible a lot of shots fired would wear the trigger to make it lighter? The 66 nd was a service pistol for close to 2 decades and my 66-1 has hardly been fired.
Is it possible a lot of shots fired would wear the trigger to make it lighter? The 66 nd was a service pistol for close to 2 decades and my 66-1 has hardly been fired.
I don't know for sure, but I would guess someone there at the academy was a S&W armorer when the gun was there, and he did some work on the internals.
It was common then to cut two coils off of the rebound spring, and tweak the hammer mainspring using a wooden wedge. This resulted is a slightly lighter trigger pull in double action. (SA can also be affected by a lighter rebound spring)
Of course, this was before Wolff and other vendors sold different weights of rebound slide springs.
I've got some handwritten notes in my armorer's manual about this.
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It was common then to cut two coils off of the rebound spring, and tweak the hammer mainspring using a wooden wedge. This resulted is a slightly lighter trigger pull in double action. (SA can also be affected by a lighter rebound spring)
Of course, this was before Wolff and other vendors sold different weights of rebound slide springs.
I've got some handwritten notes in my armorer's manual about this.
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Went through ILEA in '79. One of our instructors was a S&W armorer and would work on our revolvers. He smoothed the action and installed a combat trigger on my duty model 66. He did nice work and was quite reasonable.
