grousemaster wrote:Yuppie,
Could you elaborate on EXACTLY what you did to help the trigger pull. I dry fired my old j-frame a few times and was amazed at how much better it feels than my new SP101 in DA....although the single action feels fine.
Installed this spring kit:
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/123277 ... uger-sp101.. and used some Fitz metal polish to clean up some of the metal on metal contact areas that you'll find when swapping the springs out (excluding the sear/hammer engagement areas, I leave those sorts of changes to a trained gunsmith) - Ruger left the internals dry as a bone which didn't help so I also took the liberty of adding some grease or oil to contact surfaces. I expect it would have smoothed out a bit over time but the second stage hitch was so bad it felt like the revolver was hang-firing while I waited for the hammer to drop with the original grips and spring tension.
Make sure you read the manual and follow the directions to compress the main/hammer spring using the small brass colored pin included in the stock handguards, and wear safety glasses while you work, had a close call because I was dumb but quickly found and put mine on for the rest of the project.
Honestly, a trained smith will probably make it even better by tuning the springs and cleaning up the metal on metal engagement surfaces but a $9 spring kit seemed like a logical place to start without throwing a lot of money into the gun or making permanent modifications, I'm happy with where mine is at so I'm going to stick with it as-is. I'm sure dry firing and range time will smooth things out further.
