A Target Trigger On A 3 1/2" Model 27-2?! Why?!!!

[Old Corp]

My first retail job as a teen was at a fairly large, established GS in Raleigh, NC.
Started there in 1974 and was there off and on 'til '79. We sold parts as well as many S&W accessories such as TT's, TH's, rear sights and blades, magnas, smooth and checkered target grips, etc.
It was very common for us to sell TT's and TH's to the more hardcore Smith revolver shooters as parts to 'upgrade' their guns. They usually went in with no real fitting needed.

 

[Catahoula]

My first 3 1/2" 27 came with a TT. I like it better after making it smooth, but for quick double action shooting I would prefer it be a little narrower.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Styles come and go. In the fifties and early sixties, people actually paid money for trigger shoes! I happen to prefer a narrow trigger with grooves removed and face rounded, smoothed and polished, which came in in the eighties. I still think that it's best for almost all DA guns, and works fine in SA, also, at least with Smiths, which routinely have great SA pulls.

I did leave the TT on my 29-2. It's not really hurting anything, and it IS kind of classic. But my carry .44 Mag is a 3" double Magnaported PC 629, and that has a narrow case-hardened trigger, rounded and polished, just like it's supposed to.

 

[Art Doc]

Around 1974 or 75 S&W started fitting all 27-2s with full target options. Everyone knows I dislike target stocks on the short barrel but most folks tend to disagree with me. I do like the wide, smooth trigger and have this type on most of my 27s. But I think target stocks are too big and look unbalanced with a 3.5" barrel.

This looks good to me...

 

[Hondo44]

SaxonPig,

That factory .400" semi wide smooth trigger is my favorite trigger as well. I've put them in several of my shooters. That way I don't loose the case colors by smoothing up a grooved trigger. Grooved triggers, wide or narrow, on guns shot DA just shred trigger fingers!

 

[feralmerril]

I bought a new 27-2 around 1970. It had zero options. Sent it back to smith and had tt,th, magnas replaced with smooth presentation, wo/red post and name engraved in gold on the sideplate, bought the presentation box.
I wouldnt do it again, but still have the parts.

 

[dbracin]

I agree with the above post. Target stocks on short barrel gun seem wrong. But, here's mine....

 

[Drail]

Believe it or not there are people out there who only shoot S&W revolvers in single action. Big fat trigger makes it feel like a 1 lb. trigger when it breaks. All of my S&Ws have had the target triggers replaced with skinny ones because I shoot almost all double action. But I agree that it seems kind of strange to see a TT and TH on a snub.

 

[Iggy]

Mine has TT TH White outline rear sight and yellow front sight insert.

I too prefer the TT and TH.

I replaced the standards on my Model 58 back in 1966 and got use to them.

 

[NE450No2]

No doubt a Target Trigger is better for single action shooting, than a thin trigger, IMHO of course.

I have no problem shooting one for Double action.

Still most people now prefer a smooth trigger. The first smooth triggers from S&W that I remember were wider than a standard trigger.
Then many would grind off the lines of the trigger and round it off a bunch also.

It is simply a matter of personal preference.

I would only use an attachable trigger shoe on a match gun. NEVER on any kind of protection gun or any gun I put in a holster. NEVER.

 

[MakeMyNight]

Mine has TT TH White outline rear sight and yellow front sight insert.

I too prefer the TT and TH.

I replaced the standards on my Model 58 back in 1966 and got use to them.

Very, very good looking gun, Iggy!

 

[Iggy]

Very, very good looking gun, Iggy!

Thank you. That gun finally caused me to break down and get an appropriate BBQ rig to carry it in.

 

[TDC]

Isn't having such a wide range of choices great?

Grips, triggers, barrel lengths, hammers and finishes all are a matter of user option and choice. Look at all the choices S&W has given us through the years!!...

What could be prettier than Iggy's Mod 27? What could fit his needs and desires better..... Same with Saxon Pig's, dbracin's and feralmerril's personally modified 27's....

Everyone has made a great case for their preferences... I know I appreciate everyone's generosity to do so.... That's how we learn...

 

[stantheman86]

I have seen 2" Model 10's with Target Hammers and Triggers.....why that would be desirable, who knows, but someone wanted those options!....so there's no set "guideline" for what guns are supposed to have the TT/TH. There's a 2" 10 in the SC of S&W, it apparently came from S&W with the TT/TH.

 

[RobC2]

I have a 19-3 2.5" with a target hammer and target trigger from the factory. I don't mind them.

 

[zywina]

Too bad now S&W just tells you to take whats offered in the catalogs, or there rendition of a customshop gun, sad state of affairs, tryed to order a couple N frames made up into TT TH Outdoorsmans, told nolonger doing custom work no matter the price! Must be nice to say no to good money, wish I had that problem!

Love that there are others with short barreled target Smiths, Dale the Cannuck!

 

[gkitch]

sign o' the times

Back in the late 70s, when your gun was made, the TH and TT came standard on S&Ws top-of-the-line, super-impossible-to-get Model 29. For most other revolvers, the TH and TT were expensive options. Now, about this time there were very few people seriously shooting their guns as progressive reloading machines and organized action competitions were in their infancy, so relatively few had figured out that a wide trigger, while givng the operator some slight advantage in single-action, was actually a bit of a detriment to fast and accurate DA shooting.
The result of all of this was that most considered the Target goodies as upgrades, making their personal guns a little better. They were, indeed, all the rage.
It is VERY common to find Smiths from the late 70s sporting the expensive Target options. I own a 2" Model 15 Combat Masterpiece, of all things, from that era that has it all.