.38 Police Speciall W/Hair Trigger

[John6185]

I bought a .38 Police Special for $175.00 at a State Fairground gun show in the early nineties and it has a hair trigger. I'd like to return the trigger to normal and do't want to buy a trigger kit for around $175.00. Is there anyway I could file it a bit to restore the trigger to specs? I don't want to ruin the weapon.

 

[65ny]

I wouldn't file anything. I'd replace the hammer and rebound springs with new, factory spec ones. https://www.gunsprings.com/ should have what you need.

 

[Bocephus123]

Ask David at SPD guns

 

[retrieverman]

I bought a .38 Police Special for $175.00 at a State Fairground gun show in the early nineties and it has a hair trigger. I'd like to return the trigger to normal and do't want to buy a trigger kit for around $175.00. Is there anyway I could file it a bit to restore the trigger to specs? I don't want to ruin the weapon.

I’m curious what your definition of “hair trigger” is. Is the gun unsafe?

 

[MacFromOK]

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[DRC458]

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+1

 

[Gunbuffer]

Yes. You can always fix a firearms trigger by just filing on it a little bit.
If it’s really bad, do it a lotta bit

 

[John6185]

I’m curious what your definition of “hair trigger” is. Is the gun unsafe?

Hair trigger....someone told me it had one many years ago. A cop apparently "tuned it up" to suit him and his needs. It isn't unsafe just not original. I've always thought about tinkering with it and somehow getting it to where it has a normal trigger pull. If worse comes to worse, I'll take it partially apart and grease the mechanism. I am not a gun expert by any means and what may be a hair trigger to me may be perfectly acceptable to someone else. I'll probably clean it a bit and grease it.

 

[SPDguns]

I can fix it......

 

[Ryan500L]

I wouldn't grease anything, it attracts dirt and lint and anything else that might fall down in there. The oil eventually gums everything up in there and then you will have real problems.