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Taurus Model 85
Hi gang; wanted to share my experiences at smoothing and reducing the heavy trigger pull on my 2' M94.
My resources included the famous chicharrones 'Taurus revolver disassembly-pictorial guide', a YouTube video 'Taurus Model 94 Trigger Job Revisited'. In addition, combed thru 100 pages of the Smithing thread to find any references to M94 trigger work. Anything that looked relevant was cut and pasted into word document for easy reference. There were quite a few posts from NotSoWildBill and his quest to tame the M94 trigger.
The initial efforts were the disassembly and polishing the frame and component parts, that was very straight forward. Next, purchased and installed shims for the trigger and hammer.
Next was tangling with the mainspring
The 1st attempt was to shave off some of the outside diameter of the mainspring as featured in the YouTube video. I must have shaved too much off because it did not work for me, too many failures to fire.
The 2nd attempt involved replacing the mainspring with a stock M85 mainspring. Apparently it worked for others but this did not work for me, again too many failures to fire.
The 3rd was a charm and involved a number of steps. NotSoWildBill reported using a 11lb. M66 spring cut down to the same length as the stock M94 spring. But even with the 11lb. M66 spring, I still had too many failures to fire. Then went with a cut down M66 12lb. spring. It was better but still 1 or 2 failures to fire per cylinder. Then I referred to a post by Sekol where she said 'DH got some really tiny, thin washers and put them underneath the light spring, one at a time, until I got the reliable performance I needed'. That valuable tid-bit was the final piece of the puzzle.
I speculate the washer remedy likely would have worked with the stock M85 spring or even the original M94 spring I shaved down.
This was the first time I took a revolver completely apart and I was scared stiff to start.
Heeded good advice and prior to starting, purchased smithing screwdrivers and a hook and pick set.
But most importantly, having the TA.net resources mentioned gave me the confidence to take it on.
Once I had some confidence, it lead to me bobbing the hammer on my M85 for easier pocket carry.
There is a lot to learn here on TA.net from knowledgeable and friendly folks.
Special thanks to chicharrones, NotSoWildBill and Sekol for their contributions to my smithing project.
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Taurus Judge Trigger Job
Tadano operating manual. I would not let anyone 'upgrade' my 1911 using the techniques shown in the 'trigger job' video. The sear and hammer were never checked before or after stoning. The wallowing out of the main spring housing pin holes, and grinding of the grip safety with a motor tool. The pounding of the trigger bar with a punch to adjust take up. A heavy trigger pull doesn't count on there being something wrong with it either unless it's so bad it falls out of Taurus' specs too. And if you do re-spring the action, be sure to keep the stock springs. If you ever return the gun to Taurus, they'll pull out those Wolff springs and stuff a set of heavy stock ones in again. No, you won't get.