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Looking for a little concensus on which kit to buy for N frame Smith revolvers, and a Ruger GP100. They list a few options and I'm really not sure which to go with. Hoping to avoid a little trial and error and see what most guys are using. Thanks for any input in advance
Pete
 
I put a Wolff set in my 686 and works great. I used the middle 14 lb rebound spring. Also have had zero issues with light strikes. Can't help with the Ruger.
 
I've used the reduced power main kit with the lightest 13 lb rebound spring in my S&W's. That's all 6 of them. They all work just fine with a regular diet of reloads using CCI primers and more recently the Dominion Arms primers from Canada Ammo. The odd time I've had a fail to fire it's been due to a primer which wasn't quite seated firmly enough. The second strike fired them just fine after the first strike seated them. Perhaps the stock mainspring would have done both in one blow?

I like the double action pull I get with the Wolff kit springs so I'm not willing to test it. When I've had an issue it's like 1:500 at most. I can live with that since the paper just sits there and waits for me to get around to it.
 
The kit offered by most suppliers for the gp100 has a few springs so you can customize it to your own liking. I highly recommend the kit but it took me a bit to readjust to the double action trigger pull. My groups were not quite as tight the first trip out with the new springs. But I'm loving the single action weight. I'm going to polish the trigger a bit in the near future and it will be perfect.
 
For reliable ignition, I only used Federal primers when reloading for my 686 with the Wolff reduced power mainspring, since Winchester and CCI produced too many misfires. Can't recall now but at least 5-10%. Federal primers have the softest cup among Winchester, CCI and Federal. Have not tried Dominion. Notice the way FEDERAL packs their primers in huge boxes with a lot of distance between individual primers, I think that is because their primers are really sensitive to impact, again, due to softer cups.

Replaced the trigger return spring with the middle one in the Wolff Kit. The lightest spring felt too light. Even with the middle spring, the trigger still felt too slow in returning, but that was just a mental thing, the trigger always returned reliably. Make sure you have the proper screwdriver when you open up your revolver's sideplate, or you may screw-up the screw heads and or slip and scratch your frame. Wolff spring kit is the best DIY mod you can do and the most cost-effective.

Have sold those two 686's and haven't done my current 686 yet. It and the GP100 are on the to-do list.
 
i've had the trigger fail to return and lock up the action in rapid double action shooting with the lightest rebound spring. For mainspring i leave the stock on in. You do get a lighter da stroke with the reduced power springs but also always seem to give up some reliability. Rather then segregate my reloads i just leave the stocker in and shoot more.
 
Here's some testing I did recently using the Wolf springs. Surprisingly the stock S&W Performance Center mainspring provided a lighter trigger pull than the Type B (Light) Wolf mainspring. I got an assortment pack of the rebound springs and ended up liking the 13lb one best. Note, I did a light polish to the moving parts (except the SA contact surfaces) to maintain a smooth and positive trigger return action.

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1316354-Test-Firing-Primers-at-home-%28for-purposes-of-fine-tuning-revolver-trigger-weight%29

Here's some testing I did of the Cylinder & Slide extended firing pin. Was getting some pierced primers using the stock S&W firing pin on my 929. I'm out of town lately, so haven't had time to do any followup testing with other primers.

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1332635-S-amp-W-REVOLVER-EXTRA-LENGTH-FIRING-PIN-Anyone-have-experience-using-these
 
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