I recently bought a S&W Sigma 9mm and took it to the range today and put 150 rounds downrange. Not one jam or misfire so pretty happy with it. Was easy to take apart to clean too. Now I did some research on it before I bought it and seemed like the biggest complaint was the trigger. I dry fired it before I bought it and it seemed ok. Sure enough at the range It was certainly managable. I wouldn't consider it hard to fire by any means, but I do think the heavy trigger hurt my accuracy a little bit. I hit the target everytime at about 25 yards, but my spreads were probably a good 6" or so. I could improve with practice of course but I think a lighter trigger would help too. Not to mention it wears out your trigger finger a bit faster too.
I know the heavy trigger is part of the safety of the gun, but thats not something I am super worried about. I do not want a hair trigger of course, but maybe dropping this supposed 8-12lb trigger down to a 5-6lb trigger would be great.
Now I have read a couple do-it-yourself posts about trimming the length of spring x or removing spring y. I do not feel I know enough about guns to do any smithing myself, unless it's really easy and someone knows a good guide. I have heard from some sources that there are actually kits out there specifically designed for the Sigma to reduce the length/weight of the trigger. That is kind of what I am looking for. The idea of modding bothers me I guess because I've read that the easiest thing to mod is the striker spring which could lead to light strikes which I am not ok with. I am looking for a fix that only affects the trigger, if there is such a thing.
So I guess I am asking, What options are there for reducing the length/weight of the trigger on the Sigma SW9VE, and are there any other consequences of these changes (i.e. light strikes, less durability, less safety, ANYTHING). I could live with less safety as long as it didn't turn into a hair trigger or affect the internal safeties. The other things may mean I just have to live with my heavy trigger.
Edit: I have heard you can send it in to S&W with free shipping both ways and they will lighten it a little bit for you. Can anyone confirm this for me? Does anyone know exactly what process they use during this? Any information or links to info here would be great.
I know the heavy trigger is part of the safety of the gun, but thats not something I am super worried about. I do not want a hair trigger of course, but maybe dropping this supposed 8-12lb trigger down to a 5-6lb trigger would be great.
Now I have read a couple do-it-yourself posts about trimming the length of spring x or removing spring y. I do not feel I know enough about guns to do any smithing myself, unless it's really easy and someone knows a good guide. I have heard from some sources that there are actually kits out there specifically designed for the Sigma to reduce the length/weight of the trigger. That is kind of what I am looking for. The idea of modding bothers me I guess because I've read that the easiest thing to mod is the striker spring which could lead to light strikes which I am not ok with. I am looking for a fix that only affects the trigger, if there is such a thing.
So I guess I am asking, What options are there for reducing the length/weight of the trigger on the Sigma SW9VE, and are there any other consequences of these changes (i.e. light strikes, less durability, less safety, ANYTHING). I could live with less safety as long as it didn't turn into a hair trigger or affect the internal safeties. The other things may mean I just have to live with my heavy trigger.
Edit: I have heard you can send it in to S&W with free shipping both ways and they will lighten it a little bit for you. Can anyone confirm this for me? Does anyone know exactly what process they use during this? Any information or links to info here would be great.