I have had a  lot of revolvers come in the shop over the last few day for trigger work.  I am going to limit this to the Double Action portion of the firing cycle.  If you have a revolver that allows you to shoot Single Action, that portion probably doesn’t need to adjusted, but often the DA portion needs to be addressed. If you are looking at this mod, here are a few parameters; Springs by themselves are not the answer.  Just slapping a...

An item not getting a lot of attention is the  XS sights  line of Big Dots for the Ruger SP101.  We would have been unaware of this sight, but a customer brought it to our attention.  In fact, when we called a distributor about it, they said XS didn’t make a sight for the SP101.  However, after talking to XS, we were told that it was the same sight that is made for the S&W J-frame models. When our package arrived from the distributor...

The NRA recently published a great article on our friend David Sams.  Dave works on all types of guns, but is famous for his accurized conversion of the Beretta 92 when no one was doing it. While he draws tons of attention from the world of Bullseye shooting, he is also well known for his custom 1911’s, custom rifles and AR pistols.  Dave is a great builder, but more importantly he is a great man.  Read the article and you will see that...

I was at a class recently where an instructor said that a magazine spring would likely never have to be changed as long as you own the gun.  Normally I try not to be argumentative, so I didn’t say anything, but as I thought about it a little more, I decided I would address that topic here. In a semi-automatic gun there is primarily one major cause of malfunctions; the magazine.  This could be from deformed lips, but more often than not it...

Recently we had a customer bring a Remington 58 into the shop for service and repair.  The gun showed visible signs of rust on the 60% of the barrel and the frame was badly pitted.  The customer wanted the surface rust removed and functionality restored. If you own one of these guns, you may be aware that there is virtually no information available for take down procedures and parts are not cataloged anymore.  Even though you may not know much...

I was talking to a very informed shooter from GA today who was considering some work for his Glock, and it was great because he totally got it.  Too many people don’t really get what that their perceived needs are really desires and not wants.  The temptation in trigger jobs is to go too low.  Most of the people that contact us for work want a trigger that is unrealistic, and we end up agreeing that it doesn’t fit their needs. If...