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Offline Star1pup

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GP-100 lousy trigger
« on: June 22, 2007, 03:30:27 AM »
My GP-100 shoots well in single action, but the trigger in double action is awful.  Gunsmiths around here won't do trigger work.  I guess the lawyers have them scared.  Any suggestions?  I don't feel comfortable doing it myself.
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Re: GP-100 lousy trigger
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2007, 09:03:55 AM »
Is your GP100 new? If so, it might break in after a few hundred rounds or so and smooth out, as mine did. Also, dry-firing with snap-caps while wathcing TV helped mine. (I know, you know, but just triple check that its unloaded).I agree with you that the triggers on most modern DA revolvers need work. If you can't find anyone locally, there are a lot of smiths that do great work that you could send it out to. Just a suggestion.
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Re: GP-100 lousy trigger
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2007, 12:02:53 PM »
It's had a few hundred rounds through it.
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Re: GP-100 lousy trigger
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2007, 01:27:21 PM »
The one I had, I just dry fired the heck out of it, and it smoothed it out very nicely.  The manual says that it is fine to do, but it is your pistol.  Changing the springs out with a set of wolff springs helped alot too.

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Re: GP-100 lousy trigger
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2007, 02:16:23 PM »
a wolff gunsprings kit and a LITTLE pressure on a cocked hammer with your thumb while tripping the trigger in single-action mode will help with the pull weight.    (wear safety glasses while changing the springs in the kit.)    the idea of putting SOME pressure on the cocked hammer while working the trigger causes any minor burrs on the sear-engagement surfaces to smooth out somewhat.

there's nothing out there that i'd trade for a GP-100 after a change of springs -- such as i've done on a couple of 'em.   they are a great revolver that would probably only be improved by making the cylinder a little larger and incorporating a .40 cal, rimmed cartridge in it.    it would then be more suitable for large game.

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Re: GP-100 lousy trigger
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2007, 02:26:04 AM »
I suppose that Brownell's will have the Wolff springs???
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Re: GP-100 lousy trigger
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2007, 12:51:54 PM »
  Brownell's or Midway.
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Re: GP-100 lousy trigger
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2007, 01:07:45 PM »
Order them right from Wolff Springs.  I installed several sets in my Rugers--a Security-Six and a SRH.  They made a world of difference.  Good-luck...BCB

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Re: GP-100 lousy trigger
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2007, 01:20:05 AM »
The spring kit will help a lot. Some careful stoning of the contact points on the trigger and hammer will help even more. There are several good books that will walk you thru the steps to giving your Ruger a great trigger pull. Try it. It may become a second
hobby!

No matter what anyone tells you, DO NOT cut coil springs to reduce hammer tension. It will get you in trouble.
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Re: GP-100 lousy trigger
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2007, 04:03:17 PM »
Wolff springs and dry firing will help. My gunsmith did my 4" and 6" GP 100's. Great revolvers.
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Re: GP-100 lousy trigger
« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2007, 06:24:00 AM »
reduced power hammer and trigger springs will help, but you will want to stick with Federal brand primers to guarantee no misfires.

Smoothing out the sides of the hammer and the cutout in the fram that the hammer rides in will reduce drag. If you look at the side of the hammer, you will probably see scratches on it from draging against rough surfaces inside the frame. You can smooth out the hammer by doing figure 8's on each side of it on a plate of glass covered with polishing compound. The cutout in the frame can be stoned smooth. Bownells carries (or at least used to... I got one there) a stone that is designed to be the right size for the slot.

The GP100's and Super Redhawk are quite a bit different from the Security 6 and Redhawk innards and, in my opinion not quite so smooth as the older design.

A thousand or so rounds will smooth out the mating surfaces in the action for you, so you don't need to go stoning things that can cause serious problems if you screw them up.
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Re: GP-100 lousy trigger
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2007, 02:44:13 PM »
star1pup,

I just changed the springs on my gp-100 last week.  It's a piece of cake to do.  Just follow the manual (available on-line) and the instructions that come with the spring kit.  It takes about 15-20 minutes to do, max.  When you're done, you'll know how to field strip your revolver. 

Haulbass.......
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