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Socrates · March 18, 2008, 12:21 AM

One other note:

I'm real close to 5000 dry fires on snap caps. I oil the gun, but, it's still super stiff DA, and,it's not getting much better, being gritty, and hard to pull. I've also been doing this a LOT, to develop my trigger finger for this sort of pull, and, it actually hurts I've done it so much.

My plan with this gun is an action job, and, it has to get the trigger pull down at least to half the pressure now required.
Second, put on the Hogue Boot Grips, and have them sanded down thinner, and set the gun up for 38 special, or very light, low recoil 357, with 125 grain bullets, though the wisdom of firing a 357 with no hearing protection really makes me wonder what I was thinking when I bought this thing.

March 18, 2008, 12:21 AM	#25
Socrates Junior member Join Date: January 5, 2005 Location: East Bay NorCal, People's Republik of Kalifornia Posts: 5,866	One other note: I'm real close to 5000 dry fires on snap caps. I oil the gun, but, it's still super stiff DA, and,it's not getting much better, being gritty, and hard to pull. I've also been doing this a LOT, to develop my trigger finger for this sort of pull, and, it actually hurts I've done it so much. My plan with this gun is an action job, and, it has to get the trigger pull down at least to half the pressure now required. Second, put on the Hogue Boot Grips, and have them sanded down thinner, and set the gun up for 38 special, or very light, low recoil 357, with 125 grain bullets, though the wisdom of firing a 357 with no hearing protection really makes me wonder what I was thinking when I bought this thing.