Factory repair - now heavy trigger pull

[Wfevans4]

Range trip today and absolutely no blow back. So at least I feel safe shooting it. When it was hitting my neck and arm, I was a little leery I was a few shots away from a real injury. Seems more accurate after they repaired it. The trigger pulls I learned I can live with after actually firing it. Hopefully, over time they will all evenly smooth out. Thanks everyone for the responses.

 

[bph9]

I had my Model 19 repaired by S&W due to spitting lead and another separate issue. Now, the trigger pull is noticeably heavier. It feels so tight and heavy. The repair paper says:

Cut forcing cone
Adjust main spring weight
Repair yoke
Replace firing pin

Will the action smooth out over time by simply firing it or do you think I should mess with the main spring weight? Or get a trigger job?

Your problem may be more complicated than you think. I have read where Smith has changed the innards of their guns to be "California compliant" which means if you drop the gun with the hammer cocked back in single action mode it will not go off. If this was the case with your gun a simple spring change may not do much to lighten the trigger and would do nothing to smooth it out either. If you can find a gunsmith to work on the trigger and change it the warranty will be void and you could end up in court if you dropped it and it went off because of a non-factory trigger job that modified it from its safe factory configuration. A smart lawyer would bankrupt you without even pausing to burp or fart.

If you can live with the single action pull I would do nothing to it and as far as the double action pull I would never use this in a real gunfight because you stand much more of a chance of missing and killing an innocent bystander if a precision shot is mandatory but on the other hand if the fight is like most fights you will be so close (arms length) even if the double action pull was way over 13lbs you probably would not miss anyway.

I personally have gotten so used to using a single action pull that when using a revolver or an auto I just thumb cock on the draw and the pistol is cocked before it even comes up to eye level. I find double action shooting completely useless and unnecessary for me personally and would not trust myself to use it in a panic situation either unless the fight was only at arms length or across the barroom table.

If both hands are free you can get a death grip on the handgun and cock it with the non-shooting hand as it comes up to eye level and if you are only able to use just one hand because of an injury thumbcocking on the draw is not as complex as one might think if you practice just a short time doing it and of course without any live ammo in the gun.

Your cheapest way out would just be to try and adjust the mainspring and be satisfied with the small decrease in trigger poundage. This way you did not alter the factory trigger pull and no lawyer could attack you for having a non-standard and dangerous altered trigger that could end up injuring or killing not only a bystander but you yourself as well.

Always remember to live in the "real world" not the fantasy world of the internet.

 

[RebCop]

There are several spring kits out there that are reasonably priced. Get one and do it yourself and have fun with it.