Trigger Pull Gauge???

[Kevin]

I bought a S&W Model 41 before they quit making them. I've taken it out a couple times already and it's got around 400 rounds through it. I knew the trigger was light, and I've never had a trigger pull gauge.

Holy Cow! It's an eye opener. 13 tries for an average of 1 pound 6.7 ounces. That was the second set. I didn't save the first set, but it was similar.

I tried my very first Ruger Mark II as well. It's been fired close to 100,000 rounds, at least. It used to be my only gun and I bought the Wal Mart bulk Federal 500 round boxes. I guess that's only 200 boxes, so there are probably more than 100,000 rounds through it. That gun was 8 pulls for an average of 2 pounds 2.5 ounces.

I know it's probably not exact, but from the reviews I saw for this trigger pull gauge, it's very close to accurate if you pull consistently. Plus I didn't get any weird readings like 5 pounds or the opposite like 2 ounces etc.

It's the Wheeler Trigger Pull Gauge.

Smith and Wesson Model 41

Ruger Mark II Target

 

[contender]

Sweet!

A trigger pull gauge is often an eye opener for many.

 

[Kevin]

Sweet!

A trigger pull gauge is often an eye opener for many.

I don’t know why I never bought one before now.

The hardest part was I don’t have .22 snap caps (ordered some last night though) So I was using fired 22 cases. They are very difficult to get into the chamber. Some snap caps will be easier.

 

[Johnnu2]

Kevin, I use yellow dry wall screw anchors (#6 I think) for snap caps. I find them better than most manufactured snap caps that I've used in the past (mostly because they eject better). As far as trigger pull gauges go, I had three different makes i.e. Lyman etc and they didn't last very long. I dumped them all and now use a fish-weighing scale.
J.

 

[GasGuzzler]

My MKIII with Volquartsen guts is about a pound and a half.

 

[Fox Mike]

I have such a gauge and as Contender said: "...eye opener for many." What you may have and what you think you have many times are way different.

 

[wproct]

I have two Ruger MKII pistols that have both had the full Volquartsen accuracy kit installed. One of them resulted in a very crisp trigger pull, no creep at all, and I'm gonna guess probably a 2 lb or little above trigger pull. The other one has a beautiful light trigger pull, I'm gonna guess barely over 1 lb, if even that, but it has lot's of creep, but it's so smooth I'm afraid to mess with it.

 

[Dan in MI]

I believe a clean break is far more important than the weight.

That said, I’ve had a trigger pull gauge since the 80’s and do use it, but it is still second to being clean.

If you are truly squeezing until it surprises you, the weight isn’t an issue once you’re under about 2.5 pounds.

I can think of many times I’ve been squeezing away until I finally gave up realizing the safety was still on. If it was crunching it’s way to a specific weight I’d have known much sooner.

 

[Johnnu2]

I try to keep all my triggers no lighter 2 lbs. It's SAFER for me, and those around me. I put a Vol. kit in my MK IV; IIRC the pull weight and creep is adjustable (it's been years and I'M old so I could be mistaken about the adjustment capability).
J.