J Frame Apex Duty/Carry kit -- A winner!

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I put this simple little kit in my pre-Lock 342 AirLite Ti .38 +P yesterday. I can heartily recommend it as a well-spent $25. It's a drop-in (really!) kit that goes in super easy following their clear and simple video, and everything fit perfectly. Along with a little polishing with a few drops of oil on some 1200 and 2500 grit paper, this kit made a previously stiff and sorta "stacky" 12-lb plus trigger pull into a butter-smooth 8.5 lb, which I like for a DA-only carry/backup gun. I took it to the range today, shot some white box FMJ (full bore but not +P). Dang. It's been a while since I shot this little pistol, and I got reminded (again) why I don't enjoy shooting an 11 oz .38 Special. It's very accurate for a snubby, especially with the much improved pull, but after the first 15 or 20 rounds it's just not much fun without gloves on. Or maybe my 71 year old wrists ain't what they used to be. However, I bought this gun new years ago and it's such a wonderfully light and slick little pocket gun I'm still reluctant to get rid of it--even though I carry a Shield 9mm now, simply because it's so accurate and so much softer to shoot that I enjoy practicing with it.

This is the third Apex duty/carry kit I've installed (the others were M&P Shield and Full Size M&P 9 kits), and all three installed easily and performed exactly as expected. These Apex folks are the real deal. Don't mean to shill for them, I just like to hand out a pat on the back when people put out quality stuff that works exactly as promised, because these days it ain't always like that, lol.
 
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Ditto. I could not imagine dry firing nor shooting my 642 without the kit.
 
Thanks, DeeBee, but if I do any drop-in mod like this, I always keep the factory parts in case I sell the gun someday. That way the new owner can put it back to original configuration if they want.
 
I really liked this kit in my 638. I'm a stock parts keeper also. Trigger pull is so much smoother and just light enough to make the pull better without being too light.
 
I've always wondered why the longer firing pin in the Apex kits? I had a 442 for a while and didn't notice any firing-pin-length related issues.
 
I had 3 light strikes out of 25 rounds. CCI primers. I removed it and went back to stock.
 
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