Any recommendations for a trigger adjustment for S&W 629?

Question

I got a S&W 629 .44 Magnum revolver and I want to get a trigger job to lighten the trigger pull.

Before I take it to my gunsmith, is there a way that I can do it myself?

Answer 1

If you don't ever listen to anything else I give you answers on, PLEASE listen to this advice. DO NOT attempt to do this yourself.It takes a lot of practice to stone a Smith & Wesson revolver to lighten/ smooth out and complete a trigger job. Mess it up just a little and the gun will cost major bucks to repair! You can throw off the cylinder timing, you can take off too much metal and wind up with a hair trigger. I went to Smith & Wesson's Tech school in 1968 to learn about trigger jobs and fine-tuning revolvers and semi-automatic's. For a year I wouldn't work on any customer guns and worked on my own so I was sure I did it well first(Despite Graduating in the top 5% and being certified by Smith & Wesson to do them)
You may have the knowlege you need, but even so this is a job for a certified licensed Gunsmith to do for you.As the saying goes "Don't try this at home folks."

Answer 2

JD has it right. I too went to the Smith and Wesson school in 1982 for revolvers. The 2 week school is intensive and you get a taste of all they do . Stoning, smoothing, lightening up, is really not practical for this caliber gun anyhow. Use alone will "smooth" things out. They have factory set trigger weights for a reason. It is one of the many built in safeties used.

The factory will probably not honor a warranty if this work is done. Too many people have sued because they had an accident with a " lightened up gun".

Stoning sears is for the pro's. Replacement springs are available from other sources but I wouldn't mess with it. Practice and use will take care of trigger pull and smoothness.

Answer 3

If you are competent enough to remove the side plate of your M- 629 yourself, you can lighten the trigger pull somewhat by cutting the trigger return spring(inside the block behind the trigger) with a Dremel tool, 1/2 coil at a time, until you obtain the desired pull. If you go too far, a new spring isn't too expensive, and you don't risk wrecking your weapon doing other dumb 'tricks', like lowering the tension on the mainspring. In fact, it would be wise to have a spare on hand before you start.
I have done this on several S&W revolvers, with NO adverse effects or 'accidents', and exellent results!

Answer 4

You can buy a set of wolf springs and experiment with them to see if you like your new trigger. But, like JD said, messing with grinding away metal and you can really screw up the gun. Hell, you even have to know what you are doing just to "polish" the bearing surfaces. I did that once to 586 I had, ruined the trigger. Took it to my gunsmith who said unkind things to me (probably related to JD).

Answer 5

if you know what your doing, just add a wolf spring kit to it. But there is much more to a trigger job than that. Also, it is easy to mess it up badly. Further, if you shoot and hit a person, intentionally or not, and you have modified the trigger on your own firearm, they, or their family are going to own you for the rest of your life. Any judge would rule against you in a civil case to the tune of millions. If you must have it done, pay a trained gunsmith to do it right. That way he takes on the extra liability in the event something goes wrong, and he will do it correctly.

Answer 6

All above answers are good ones.

You can also simply polish the trigger componets, which makes it feel smoother, sometimes making you think it is a lighter pull.