SIGWolf
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What did S&W start using the "floating hand" Can someone provide a picture of the part in the assembly? Did all the CS-1 guns have the "floating hand"? How "bad" is it really?
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Floating Hand - When and still?
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HEADKNOCKER
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Here's a pic I saved from a post a long while back..
You can replace the floating hand with a standard one by removeing the bushing from the trigger & replaceing it with the standard hand, Like the K Frame one in the pic but the larger L Framed one..
I believe all L frame hands have the Hump??
Measure the width of the hand you have & get one the same or if you have carry up issues go with one slightly thicker = Oversized hand..
The pics are worth a thousand words..
The CS-1 I used to have had the floating hand, but it's trigger was amazingly light & smooth??
Gary/Hk
You can replace the floating hand with a standard one by removeing the bushing from the trigger & replaceing it with the standard hand, Like the K Frame one in the pic but the larger L Framed one..
I believe all L frame hands have the Hump??
Measure the width of the hand you have & get one the same or if you have carry up issues go with one slightly thicker = Oversized hand..
The pics are worth a thousand words..
The CS-1 I used to have had the floating hand, but it's trigger was amazingly light & smooth??
Gary/Hk
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SIGWolf
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How can you tell
I assume the only way you can tell is by inspection?
I assume the only way you can tell is by inspection?
HEADKNOCKER
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To see and know for sure would require the removal of the sideplate..
As I said before, I had a 3" CS-1 M686 & it's trigger pull was smooth & lite.. & It had the floating hand because I like you was tempted to change it, but it was good to go, I saw no reason to change it out..
Gary/Hk
As I said before, I had a 3" CS-1 M686 & it's trigger pull was smooth & lite.. & It had the floating hand because I like you was tempted to change it, but it was good to go, I saw no reason to change it out..
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SIGWolf
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When did S&W start using it?
Was there a year when S&W started using the floating hand and do they still use it? Is it confined to certain models or frames?
I read here that it can present an issue in rapid fire? In one thread it seemed almost as anathema as the internal lock.
Was there a year when S&W started using the floating hand and do they still use it? Is it confined to certain models or frames?
I read here that it can present an issue in rapid fire? In one thread it seemed almost as anathema as the internal lock.
I first ran into the floating hand around 1992. Both my 627-0's had them. Those are around 1989-1990 built guns. I don't think they lasted long. If you have a hitch in the double action about halfway through the stroke, you might have a floating hand. All the guns I have had do that with the floating hand were corrected with replacement with a new "old" style hand. No reason the replace the hand if the action is smooth with the hitch, although I get rid of them immediately in my own guns. No worries then.
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