GP100 trigger question?

[texasfish]

Picked up an unfired gp100 3" from an individual for $450 that was in need of some money yesterday. Never owned a gp but I sure like the way it feels. Put some snap caps in and the trigger is superb. I have bought 2 sp101's in the last year and the triggers were not nearly as nice as the gp100. Just wondering why so much difference?

 

[Bob R]

LUCK or SPRINGS ????

Just because it was new does not mean the springs have not been changed. I have tuned up several before they were fired.

Your SP101's can be tuned up with a little elbo grease.
http://www.sp101trigger.com/index.html

Print this off and read it a few times. Order a Wolff Spring kit and some Shims.
Follow the instructions for the trigger job. You need the practice taking it apart, and putting it back together anyway.

Someone on here makes a Latch Tool for Disassembly that is worth owning.

Bob

 

[s4s4u]

The trigger geometry is different because of the frame size. With the smaller frame it is more condensed and that effects the leverage required to operate. The trigger on an SP can be made to be pretty nice, but then a GP can be made even nicer.

 

[Mike Armstrong]

Perhaps coincidentally, my brand new GP 3" fixed sight stainless made this year has a truly great double action pull, at least as good as my 1959 .38 Colt Trooper and my .357 Trooper made ten years later. And those have lockwork close as dammit to a Python's.

It is very tight and symmetrically fitted all around. Polish is just OK, but that ain't what makes 'em shoot!

 

[cleardatum]

i got my stainless 3" new, and the trigger was just so-so. after the first range session, it started getting rough, and after a few hundred rounds, it locked up completely. i took it apart, and found a tiny chuncklette of what looked like scotchbrite. i cleaned everything thoroughly, and man, that is the finest trigger i've ever felt. the double action trigger is delicious!! you when you have a gun you know you'll never get rid of?

 

[Thel]

I agree with Mike Armstrong. In my case had a tuned Colt Python and have a tuned GP100 and the GP is so reminiscent of the Python, maybe because of the fairly long hammer arc. At one time had a tuned S&W 686 Mountain Gun and the double action was within 0.15 lb of the Smith.

My tuned SP is about one pound heaver in double action than the GP with the same spring combo and does not feel nearly as pleasant.

 

[Jimbo357mag]

The trigger geometry is different because of the frame size. With the smaller frame it is more condensed and that effects the leverage required to operate. The trigger on an SP can be made to be pretty nice, but then a GP can be made even nicer.

+1 The correct size and geometry for a handgun. The GP-100 trigger is usually very good out of the box and can be made even better. I polished and changed the springs in my GP-100 and it is as good as my K-frame Smiths. I must say the Smiths are easier to adjust though.