OT Ruger revolver question

[gcs]

With all the smart folks on here, maybe someone can give me a little guidance.
On my Security Six, double action revolver, I would like to reduce, just a bit, the effort needed on the trigger pull when shooting double action, which I need to, during upcoming qualifications. I never transitioned to the Glocks, so need to use the museum piece.
The arthritis in my hand is killing me, and an afternoon of trigger time will probably lock it up to the point I may not be able to finish. Sucks getting old.

Anyway... I see Brownell's has a reduced power spring that drops in, but, as I was looking the gun over, I was wondering if I just cut a couple of coils off the factory spring if that would accomplish the same thing?
This is the hammer spring that extends down into the grip area.

Any thoughts, ideas, theories, or insights, always appreciated. Thanks.

[Idiot]

You could cut a couple coils, but buying a new lighter spring would be better. If you do cut coils; cut only one coil at a time until the desired weight is reached and the gun still fires each and every time you pull the trigger. None of these solutions are good though.

Ruger handguns require a pretty good mainspring to overcome the transfer bar and abbreviated firing pin. So messing with the springs is a poor option. The best option is to have competent gunsmith do a complete action job (including the trigger) on the gun. They can smooth things up and reduce the effort of pulling the trigger significantly - without weakening the spring.

On final thing. If the old Ruger is getting too heavy to work with, buy a good old Smith and Wesson Model 19. They smooth up real nice and fire reliably with lighter springs. I've shot a number of worked over Model 19 Smiths, and the trigger pulls were light as a babies breath and as smooth as can silk. And, it went bang every time.

BTW, I've owned many many Ruger "Six" series handguns. No one makes a more dependable, durable revolver. They are work horses, complete with all the big muscles. On the other hand, the Smith and Wessons are pure Arabians, light, beautiful, and easy - but just a tad more fragile. I like them both.

[Hobie]

I replaced the springs in my Security Six with a Wolf kit. Pretty easy but... it didn't help things enough to warrant the cost. I thought my gun had a decent trigger pull, DA and SA, but was moved by the gun mags (before I had enough of my own experience). Lighter pull? Maybe but I don't think it will help much and I sure wouldn't go cutting off coils without a backup spring.

[J Miller]

gcs,

Don't mess with the Ruger yet. When you get to qualification day, load up on Ibuprofen. I know it sounds like over kill, but about 800 mg ( four of the 200 mg tablets WalMart sells will keep the inflammation and pain down to a manageable level.

As for the arthritis, Am There, Am Doing That

Joe

[gcs]

LOL,Thanks J, already figured to heavily medicate. Thanks for the quick responses, I'm not going to cut anything, maybe I'll try the reduced springs to see if it helps any, the spring kit is cheap enough. Maybe I'm over thinking this and the fingers/hand will make it through. Then I just have to worry about keeping up with the Glock boys.

[airedaleman]

If you are a law enforcement officer, I'd think twice if I were you about modifying your service weapon in ANY manner (except MAYBE the grips). Even if your department might allow modifications, in the civil suit sure to follow a shooting,
the plaintiff's attorney would have a field day with the modifications YOU felt necessary to make to a fully proven design
(whatever it might be). Can get dicey...

[J Miller]

gcs,

If you are going to do an action job on that Ruger, it would probably best to just have a qualified gunsmith ( if you can find one ) smooth the contact areas without altering any of the factory springs.
You'd be surprised how much easier the trigger pulls can feel when things are smoothed out. Or maybe you wouldn't.

Joe

[Rusty]

If you want to lighten the pull you need to get a kit that states that as it's goal, some are different. My son has a Security Six that is as smooth as any S&W I've tried and I've tried a bunch of them. His is as good as my M28 and it's good.
The thing with the spring kits is that they are balanced. You can't work on just one spring and still get good results. I used to put in Bullseye kits and they worked fine for me. Those Rugers are built like a tank.

[CEMENTHEAD]

You could do the old cheap skate "toothpaste" trick. You might think it's funny, but I did it to my SP101 357 magnum and it did wonders for the double action pull to smooth it up. My .02$, Tom