Posting My Trigger Pulls !

[Skeptic 9c]

The following information was gathered by me, using Lyman Digital and Mechanical Trigger Pull Gauges. Average of at least five pulls.

Beginning with S&W IAW the Forum.

S&W

M&P 9c Model 1, 6.0 lbs.
Model 38, made in the 70s, DA 7.5 lbs. SA 2.9 lbs.
Model 3913 Ladysmith, DA 11 lbs. SA 5.8 lbs.
Model 638 after spring change with kit, DA 11.5 lbs. SA 3.7 lbs.
SW9 VE after spring kit, 6.6 lbs.

For giggles AR 15 Sport I, 5.9 lbs.

Colt Mk IV, Series 70, 4.5 lbs. built in 1972, trigger job to military minimum by S&W and Colt trained Armorer in the 1980s, very consistent over the last 35 years or so, was my Pin Gun, IPSC gun and everything else.

Glock G 19, Gen 5, MOS 5.7 lbs. Still breaking in the trigger.

Kahr P9094N, 6.74 lbs.

Ruger SP-101 .22 LR 6-shot, DA 12.5 lbs. SA 5.3 lbs.

Springfield M 1911A1, 4.5 lbs. See Colt above for details.

Taurus PT-22 Alloy Frame, DAO 8.3 lbs.

Walther Creed (discontinued) Pre-cocked Double Action: 4.0 lbs
Walther P-22 Military, 2005 production does not have hammer drop safety, does have magazine safety. DA 8.0 lbs. SA 4.0 lbs. (Very consistent pull to pull.)

So, anyone else retired, Beer fearing with a safe full and a pull gauge?

Geoff
Who hopes to gather data.

 

[Mike_Fontenot]

I use the lightest SA trigger I can get on all my guns. My two 1911's (10mm Kimber Eclipse Custom II and S&W .45Super Pro Series) are both about 2.5 lbs. My S&W L-Frame and N-Frame revolvers use the minimum available rebound spring, and measure about 3 lbs. Interestingly, the triggers on the revolvers FEEL lighter than the triggers on the 1911's.

When training (or in emergency use, if that ever happens), I use a special technique with the 1911's to ensure that I don't get hammer-follow when dropping the slide to chamber a round: with the slide back, I pull the trigger and hold it back before releasing the slide. The fact that the disconnector is disconnected keeps the hammer from being released. After the round is fed and slide is forward, I can release the trigger, which then disengages the disconnector, and then the gun is ready to shoot.

When I'm chambering the first round after cleaning the 1911's, I don't use the above technique. Instead, I hold the gun below the grip safety, which keeps the firing pin block in place, and only then release the slide. That guarantees that I won't get a hammer-follow when the slide slams home.