S&W Sigma VE Trigger Work - Gunsmith Recommendation

[wsjones]

My sister recently purchased one of these pistols. After shooting it a bit with her over Christmas I'm convinced that it really does need some sort of trigger work. The trigger performed exactly as advertised: heavy, rough, considerable over-travel.

While I'm sure it'll smooth out with use, I've convinced her that it'd be worth her while to have a professional trigger job done on it. Any recommendations for a gunsmith to do this work on this pistol in the Columbus/Central Ohio area?

Thanks. -WSJ

[Chappy]

I brought home a new 9mm VE a few weeks ago.  I was not impressed with trigger either, however I have encountered far worse.  I can't help with a gunsmith, other than to say that I don't see much on the internet about people having trigger jobs done on this pistol.  The good news is, that I have shot mine about 150 times and dryfired it (with snap caps) about 40 times and the trigger is already MUCH smoother.  Since there are no other safeties, I don't think I would lighten the trigger.  Trigger travel/overtravel is a non-issue as far as I'm concerned.  Before I gave a gunsmith a wad of money, I would have your sister shoot it a couple hundred times and then see what she thinks about the gun.  Just my 2 cents worth...

Regards, Chappy

[demented]

 Polish the contact surfaces of the sear and striker.  Other than changing springs, which I don't recommend on a self defense piece, there is no real way to help that I've found except polishing and perhaps dry firing quite a bit.  I did a polish job on mine, actually lowered the pull weight 40%.  Still not great but it does allow the pistol to become usable. PS:  I'd use snap caps to dry fire, I have seen examples where the striker tip popped off from excess dry firing with nothing to cushion it.

[Dino]

I've had good luck with these folks.
www.ahlmans.com