Poor man's trigger job - odd

[JJames]

A buddy here got a good deal on a used Ruger Redhawk 44 Magnum. Told me about it; only problem was the trigger was very, very light. Just breath on it. Otherwise it was in great shape.

I told him that maybe it was a poor man's trigger job gone wrong, But just a wild guess. I had done that on a Ruger Wrangler 22, but it just cut it back to about 3 1/2 pounds. I explained how you drop one leg of the trigger spring off the pin.

Anyhow he was worried he'd have to replace the hammer or something, but he said yesterday he pulled the grips off of it and found that neither leg was on the pin. He put them back on and all of a sudden it was normal (well for a Ruger anyway). First time I had ever heard of someone pulling both trigger spring legs off. Thought I'd mention it in case someone else runs into a similar situation.

[Allen]

Easy enough to check for.

[mtnboomer]

Sound like a case of "If a little does a little good. A lot will do a lot of good."

[Dragonsdad]

My mom left behind a hair trigger .22 wheel gun she kept in her nightstand.
...seriously hair trigger
I never thought to open it up to see if I can do something with it.

...that's going on the list

[mtnboomer]

Dad traded my uncle (Mom's BIL) for a German-made single action .22 back when I was in grade school. It had a VERY light trigger, as well. I don't know if uncle filed it down (he was that type that would) or if he got it that way. I got it after Dad passed as I was the most familiar with it.

I tore it down and saw how much the cocking sear notch was filed down and immediately ordered another hammer.

[JJames]

That was what my buddy was worried about ... filed down sear. In this instance - first time in 60 or so years it was a double poor man's trigger job. Made me look like a genius.