Practicing trigger pulls on SP101

[customf1]

I took some advice from some of the more experienced folks on this forum and began practicing trigger pulls. I have a new double action only SP101 -without spur that needs some breaking in. For now, I decided not to mess with the springs and see how things process with this trigger pull traninig. I have been doing dry fire sets of 25 and will gradually increase reps until my trigger finger gets stronger. Just wondering if anyone else does these types of exercises both for breaking in a new gun and overall trigger pull strength.

 

[sasu]

I practice dry fire double action trigger pulls to develop smoothness and speed.

For strength training I use a couple of different sports devices designed for hand strengthening. The actual trigger on a gun does not give enough resistance for strength training, and pulling the trigger does not develop overall grip strength which is also important.

This is my "trigger pull kit".

 

[Hugh]

I practice dry fire double action trigger pulls to develop smoothness and speed.

For strength training I use a couple of different sports devices designed for hand strengthening. The actual trigger on a gun does not give enough resistance for strength training, and pulling the trigger does not develop overall grip strength which is also important.

Yes, several of my DA's, Six series and SP-101's had triggers that were "heavy". As a matter of fact my most recent one, a 3-1/16" SP-101 .357 is undergoing "breaking in" of the trigger. Although it is ten years old, it doesn't seem to have been shot a lot, just abused somewhat with a Dremel or some other such tool on the frame at the trigger guard.

Interesting that my 4" Redhawk .44 Magnum had a beautiful trigger right out of the box, and could serve as a benchmark for other DA's.

And yes again, regarding hand strength. Physical conditioning is a wonderful thing. Dry firing does help a lot with trigger finger strength. As you will note those muscles and tendons go up to the inside of the elbow, and in early days of workouts one may feel a little discomfort on the inside of the arm near the elbow. More extensive conditioning can be achieved through weight and strength training. But that is a topic for a different kind of thread.