So I bought this 357 mag used some years ago and I hunted with it and killed a few deer for a bit. I moved up to my SRH 44 so I passed this down to my son . About 5-6 years ago I did a complete dis-assemble of the revolver and it was pretty nasty . At this time I polished the trigger hammer contacts and put in a reduced trigger spring . Fast forward to now my sons black hawk was having intermittent light primer strikes over the summer .So i pulled the gun all apart and everything looked good . I went to YouTube and I found out how to remove the firing pin.
So last weekend I drove the firing pin tunnel out and I was shocked at the amount of crud that was in there. Cleaned the pin , spring and tunnel up, I used some feeler gauges to find out what size shims to order and ordered some hammer and trigger shims . I had done shims on my SRH and wife's gp-100 and I was a little shocked on how much side to side play was in the Blackhawk . So after installing the shims and putting everything back together last night and making sure everything was working . I put my trigger pull gauge on and its at 1 pound 6-7 ounce pull . It's so smooth and crisp , I can't wait to have him shoot it .
So last weekend I drove the firing pin tunnel out and I was shocked at the amount of crud that was in there. Cleaned the pin , spring and tunnel up, I used some feeler gauges to find out what size shims to order and ordered some hammer and trigger shims . I had done shims on my SRH and wife's gp-100 and I was a little shocked on how much side to side play was in the Blackhawk . So after installing the shims and putting everything back together last night and making sure everything was working . I put my trigger pull gauge on and its at 1 pound 6-7 ounce pull . It's so smooth and crisp , I can't wait to have him shoot it .
