Trigger jobs on Rugers, Smith & Wessons, and Taurus?

[His lordship.]

In the early 1980's I bought a trigger spring kit to lighten the pull on my Smith and Wesson Model 28.  It all worked out well and I was wondering how difficult it is to do a Ruger, say a Blackhawk, or a Redhawk, and also a Taurus revolver?  Can you still get spring kits these days with the liability lawsuits on trigger pulls?

I could also look at using BigBill's method of bearing grease to smooth things out.  The sideplate on my Taurus revolvers do not have the fine fit of the 1970's vintage Smith, and I once tried to remove the side plate on my sister's Taurus revolver a few years ago and despite using the rubber mallet tapping opposite the frame plate, proper technique, it would not budge.  I suspect that the Taurus guns are pounded on a bit as you can see that there is not quite the nice fit that I was used to on my old Smith Model 28.

Any suggestions on how hard or easy to do the trigger lightening on the Taurus or Ruger, and have the new Smiths changed all that much from 1975?
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Thanks

[sharpshooter]

I had a ruger M77  and a friend of mine who is a gunsmith dropped the trigger on it. He had to cut one of the coils off of the spring. Actually he didn't cut it all off at once he took a little off at a time until he had it where I wanted it right at 2 pounds. BECAREFUL!!!!

[gunnut69]

The Ruger double actions are a bit dicey.  They use the trigger return spring for multiple tasks.  That complicates things a bit. Still decent pulls can be had. the Taurus revolvers I've worked used coiled mainsprings but otherwise were similar to S&W. Spring kits are avaialble from Brownells. Too light a pull can be dangerous, especially on a rifle intended for hunting use. In a handgun reliability is very important, especially a defensive pistol.

[sharpshooter]

I agree with you a hundred percent gunnut. I had this gun smith do my wifes Ruger M77 this gun was identical to mine and he did everything the same with the way he cut the spring and it shot fine for awhile then something went haywire and it wouldn't fire. We had to put a new spring in it and start from scratch. It works fine now. My personal oppion is this, if your trigger pull is  to heavy you are going to get some poor accuracy. :wink:

[gunnut69]

The old M77 with the tang safety is fairly easy to adjust and the trigger is typical Ruger, way over engineered. The new M77 MkII's trigger is a piece of junk. The trigger was designed to be made adjustable but I suppose their legal eagles vetoed it. The parts aer all left as cast and are so loose fitting as to preclude a really good trigger. The safeties on the last 2 I worked were so loosely I had to tighten them to make them safe! I kind of like the design but the execution sucks..  Cutting springs is always a dicey procedure. Much better to get a spring of the correct length with a lesser tension. I agree about the trigger action being important. It is IMHO the most important aspect of the firearm for accurate shooting in the field.