What’s a “tuned action”?

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The list of enhancements for the Performance Center Pro Series 686 Plus inconsistently includes a tuned action. Two questions: What is a tuned action and does this PC Pro Series 686 Plus carry this enhancement?
Thanks all.
 
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Years ago (decades maybe?), a PC certainly would've had the trigger massaged before shipping. Now, I sorta doubt it gets touched at all. My reasoning for that is nothing more than reducing cost.
 
The only action tuning I've seen for the past few years from the factory is the use of a Wolff Power Rib mainspring, and possibly a lighter rebound spring. That is not a tuned action. That is a cheap spring kit.

A real tuned action has internal parts (lockworks) polished and fitted by a skilled revo smith. The higher end versions of this have all the specs set to be the optimal dimension for each part of the gun, like blueprinting a car engine.
 
I have a PC J Frame with a "tuned action". I have no idea what, precisely, was done but the trigger pull is smoother and lighter than "normal" J Frames I have handled. It's pretty magnificent.

Is a modern "tuned action" as good as they used to be? Eh. Nothing ever is.
 
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