Author Topic: Ruger SBH Trigger Question (Read 992 times)

1GLOCK · « **on:** August 14, 2003, 06:00:46 AM »

A freind of mine told me I could disconnect one side of the trigger spring from the frame to cut the pull weight in half. As my SBH Hunter 44mag is my hunting revolver and a decrease in pull weight greatly increases anyones accuarcy, I gave it a try. Yup the trigger pull weight is about half of what it was. My question is, has any one else done this?? How safe is it?? Will it damage my gun? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Lloyd Smale · « **Reply #1 on:** August 14, 2003, 10:54:27 AM »

cock the gun like that and take a rubber mallet and strike the hammer if the hammer falls Id put it back about half of the ones I try will not drop. If the hammer falls when you give it a blow I would have to say that the gun is unsafe

Bullseye · « **Reply #2 on:** August 14, 2003, 01:54:43 PM »

A lot of people do it that way. Just does not seem to be the best thing to do to me when you can get a Wolfe Spring kit for about $15 and use both legs of the springs like it was designed. Just my opinion of course.

Steve P · « **Reply #3 on:** August 14, 2003, 03:26:55 PM »

I have about 8 of them in the safe that way. Never had a problem with any of them. That is the trigger return spring. If it works, it works. Most of your pull weight is in the sear engagement. When you change that, and this spring, you can get a mighty light trigger. I have three of those that I shoot in silhouette matches. Never had a problem or a misfire....im knocking on the wood. ... but I have also checked, double, triple, and...checked them. When I do the stoning, I do a little at a time and check it numerous times. You spend a few hours getting a good trigger, but they are nice when done. Works good for target shooting. NONE of this is recommended for hunting....especially dangerous game.

Steve

TScottO · « **Reply #4 on:** August 14, 2003, 04:10:01 PM »

I would go with the Wolf spring kit as bullseye pointed out. I've never used their springs in a single action but I use them on all of my smiths They are very good and consistant. If you do it the right way you wont ever be wondeing in the back of your head "is it or isn't it". Peace of mind alone is worth 16 bucks. If you decide to do a home trigger job it would be hard to substitude a dremel tool with some metal polish after light stoning.

Good luck and be safe,
Scott

Chuck from arkansaw · « **Reply #5 on:** August 17, 2003, 03:08:49 AM »

I did that while I waited for my spring set to come in from Wilson Combat. It works but the spring set is better. It gives you a new hammer spring too. It is money well spent. It gives a SBH a trigger that just has to be felt to believe.

1GLOCK · « **Reply #6 on:** August 19, 2003, 04:18:12 AM »

Thanks for the input guys. I think Ill just order the spring kit to be safe.

Castaway · « **Reply #7 on:** August 20, 2003, 04:46:22 AM »

It's perfectly safe to drop a leg off of the spring. The only problem you may run into is if the hammer strike isn't hard enough to detonate the primer. I use Win primers and have not had a problem yet.

Bullseye · « **Reply #8 on:** August 20, 2003, 05:38:21 PM »

Actually dropping the leg off the trigger spring has no effect on the ability to fire. The hammer spring or mainspring is the spring in the grip and is seperate from the trigger spring. Most spring kits come with hammer springs also and you can get misfires if you use to light of a hammer spring. The one I change springs in I change the trigger spring and left the hammer spring alone and this got me down to 3.25 lbs pull which is good enough for me and I know it will fire with the full force hammer spring.

wildman · « **Reply #9 on:** September 14, 2003, 01:07:12 PM »

It won't damage the gun, but you may feel more roughness when cocking the hammer, due to the 'dropped leg' dragging against the hammer spring. Smoothing up & polishing the internal mating surfaces goes a long way towards a better trigger. Also, you may want to have the sear height reduced, which will help to eliminate trigger creep. I did this to my super single six, along with adding an oversized base pin, and it did wonders for the accuracy. I strongly recommend an experienced gunsmith for those not familiar with these procedures! :shock: