Posted: 2/12/2017 11:19:24 PM EDT
| Are these worth the $25? Being Apex, i would hope they didn't mess with the spring rates so much that it would affect reliability. What's up with the extended firing pin? Playing around with a 642 and I need to order some stuff from Brownells. The trigger leaves much to be desired, but I don't really want to spend the $75-$100 on an action job. |
| Initially I tried to cheap-out and just put in some Wolff springs. Slight improvement. The the Apex kit made a bigger difference in smoothness and pull weight with zero effect on reliability. Pretty easy to put in even without that special tool if you take your time. Well worth the $25 in my book. |
| I have seen lots of complaints about the rebound, that it didn't feel symmetrical with the pull. I hope the Apex kit does not make the gun feel like an LCR during reset. I like the positive reset a j frame has, easier for me to tell when to start squeezing again. |
| I keep hearing about and seeing people install Apex kits in their J frames. It makes me wonder about getting lucky or not. I have a Model 36 and a Model 640-1 from the mid-90's and the triggers on both are superb. Smooth as silk with no stacking, just pull right through. |
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Initially I tried to cheap-out and just put in some Wolff springs. Slight improvement. The the Apex kit made a bigger difference in smoothness and pull weight with zero effect on reliability. Pretty easy to put in even without that special tool if you take your time. Well worth the $25 in my book. Yep, easy way to improve the trigger. Put the gun inside a large Ziploc bag when you are disassembling it if you are worried about losing the rebound spring. You can also put a dab of grease on it and it'll keep it from flying out; just be sure to clean up then relube everything before reassembly. It's also a great time to remove the lock if you have one. Order the plug from the fellow on the S&W forum that makes them; I also ground off that silly little nub so there would be no chance of anything hanging up. |
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I used the Wilson Combat springs in my 442. Cost was around $12? Far cheaper than the Apex kit, but it does not include an extended firing pin. So far ( couple hundred rounds) I have not had any issues with it, and the pull is much improved vs stock parts. I may have had one light strike with some Tula .38 steel case stuff, but I also may have short-stoked the trigger, so I didn't count it against the gun.
The Apex kit comes highly recommended, but the Wilson Kit also gets good reviews. |