Redhawk Trigger Pull

[Bisley 45]

Can a person lighten the trigger pull any? If not, who would be a good gunsmith to send it to. I have a blued 5 1/" 44 on layaway, and the trigger pull seem real heavy compared to my single actions. I wonder if I will like the Redhawk because of this?

 

[pyth0n]

I have a number of Redhawks and a couple Vaqueros. In single action the Vaqueros seem a bit lighter but almost unnoticeable. I had to really pay attention for me to give you my opinion. I haven't found any of my Redhawk triggers objectionable and they're all stock. In fact I've spent quite a bit of time firing them in double action. I sure you can find a spring set from Wolf if need be. I'm not a gunsmith, but I have disassembled the trigger group and have used either very fine emery or swiss file drug lightly over the contact surfaces just enough to remove burrs and to smooth rough spots. But not aggrsseively to change any dimensions. I'm sure you'll hear from others here that have more experience than I. Not being able to try your Redhawk and not knowing what you consider real heavy, it's difficult to say you'll like the gun. I certainly like all of mine.

 

[Snyd]

Don't do anything until you shoot it a bunch and dry fire it a bunch more. It will smooth up some. My 4 inch redhawk is as smooth as can be in DA. If you want an action job send it to someone like Bowen who slicks them up but doesnt' swap out the spring. Remember, the Redhawk used one spring. If it's too light you'll get light primer strikes.

 

[Thel]

Snyd hit the nail squarely. I have had several Redhawks over the years with trigger jobs. I don't know what you find heavy, the single action, the double action or both. The gun can be smoothed up which will lighten the pull somewhat. Single action can be reduced some by playing with the sear angle some but if not careful one will get pushoff.

Gunsmiths that work on Redhawks are Bowen, Magnaport, Grant Cunningham and Dave Clements among others. Generally, with their tuning the double action can be taken down to about 9.5 to 10.5 lbs and single in the 3 lb range. This compares favorably with tuned Anacondas and Dan Wessons but will never be as light as a Smith & Wesson 29/629 that is tuned.

The single spring limits what one can do as you can lighten it and it will work with single action but misfire in double action. In the past I have played with the Wolff spring kits on tuned Redkhawks. For me anything less than a 14 lb spring (stock is 17) got misfires in double action with some ammo. With Federal primers and whatever Corbon uses in their ammo and a 12 lb mainspring the double action on my Rh was 8.8 lbs and it worked but not with some other ammo (misfires). Going to the 14 lb spring solved the problem. If I was going to use the gun in the wild I would use the 17 lb mainspring.

 

[MMichaelAK]

Use it. It will smooth up quite a bit. Dry firing helps a lot too. Adds up with using it and also builds muscle memory so your hand knows what your Redhawk will do.

 

[Donaldjr1969]

I shot a Redhawk that has had a bit of trigger work done and it seemed pretty good. It was quite close to my SRH which went back to a dual spring system. And there have never been any light primer strikes that I noticed.

 

[roaddog28]

Hi,
I don't have a Redhawk. Dry firing your Redhawk will help some. I bought a slightly used GP100 a year and a half ago. Even after dry firing several hundred times I still had a slight hitch in the action. Did not happen all the time but did bother me shooting double action. I decided to have a action job done by a good gunsmith I know. He did not change the springs. Just smoothed out all the bearing surfaces and took the hitch out. Now the revolver is just as good as my S&Ws. My point is this, don't give up on your Redhawk. They are a fine revolver. And a good gunsmith can slick the action up and make the revolver a excellent shooter.

Good luck,
Howard

 

[Bisley 45]

Thanks everone for the good advice. I was just wanting to get a good single action pull for hunting. 3 to 3 1/2lb would be fine.

 

[bigbill]

Like i said before and i was made fun of, i use moly to smoothout and lessen the trigger pull with just a lube. It will feel like an expensive trigger job was done on it. Bill

 

[Thel]

3.5 lb is doable. Bowen and Magnaport claim they can get the triggers in this range. Moly will help, too.

 

[RichK]

Mag-Na-Port got mine down in that range. helped my shooting out a bit as well. Well worth the money spent,IMHO.

 

[gramps]

I feel very lucky my 4 inch Redhawk came with a very smooth trigger. No failure to fire. No problems of any sort. Now finding cheap ammo was the problem before I started reloading!
gramps