Smith &Wesson Performance Center 44 magnum Hunter Model 629 Question, Problem?

[Frog4aday]

I hear ya. It'd be great to have someone pop on and say, "I used to work at the S&W Performance Center and you have the new 'two-sear' performance model. Those things are awesome and rare as only 5 were ever made before they discontinued it. Your gun is worth a fortune!"

For what it's worth, the gun looks beautiful. Is it accurate?

 

[Albritton]

I suspect that 1st cocking point is the correct one and the second one is the result of hammer going too far back and possibly "cocking" on end of the part that contains the cock point. Like maybe to much rearword travel of the hammer.

 

[Albritton]

I hear ya. It'd be great to have someone pop on and say, "I used to work at the S&W Performance Center and you have the new 'two-sear' performance model. Those things are awesome and rare as only 5 were ever made before they discontinued it. Your gun is worth a fortune!"

For what it's worth, the gun looks beautiful. Is it accurate?

Yes, tack driver from a rest.

 

[Bravo 4]

That is a great looking revolver!
It would be neat if they said it was a set trigger of sorts.

 

[cohunt]

When you cycle it via double action/trigger pull does it release off the 1st or 2nd hammer position/sear?
I really got nothin here , just curious

Is the cylinder in full lock up on both hammer position stops?

 

[Albritton]

When you cycle it via double action/trigger pull does it release off the 1st or 2nd hammer position/sear?
I really got nothin here , just curious

Is the cylinder in full lock up on both hammer position stops?

Before or at 1st cock point

 

[ndking1126]

Subscribing.. interesting situation!

 

[zb338]

I would do what Mr. Shortgrass says. Take the problem to S&W and
let us all know what they come up with.

Zeke

 

[shortgrass]

When you cycle it via double action/trigger pull does it release off the 1st or 2nd hammer position/sear?
I really got nothin here , just curious

Is the cylinder in full lock up on both hammer position stops?

The single action sear and the double action sear are 2 different things entirely. You can not compare the 2, as your post sounds. I have extensive S&W training and experience. You have some kind of "hick-up" going on with the lock work that I've not encountered in my 26yrs of working on S&Ws. The hammer would need a complete re-design to have 2 SA cocking notches. In DA mode, as the trigger is pulled, the hammer begins to travel. At a certain point, the hammer is "handed off" to the DA sear and the hammer continues to move back. With the continued pull of the trigger, the sear is released and the hammer falls. In SA mode, when the hammer is pulled back it should reach a point where the trigger has engaged the SA sear on the hammer. Notice as the hammer is pulled back, the trigger is moving, too. After the hammer is cocked with the trigger engaged in the SA sear, all that's required is to squeeze the trigger and the hammer should fall. There's a
'catch' in there somewhere that's acting as a 'sear'. No S&W I've ever worked on has 2 SA sears, but I don't see many "new ones", either. If I didn't have extensive training and experience, I wouldn't be removing a broken hammer stud in a "Smith 629, and installing a new one. Stud replacement is an 'advanced' job, usually sent back to the factory or sent to a gunsmith with advanced training in S&W Revolvers.

 

[cohunt]

The single action sear and the double action sear are 2 different things entirely. You can not compare the 2, as your post sounds. I have extensive S&W training and experience. You have some kind of "hick-up" going on with the lock work that I've not encountered in my 26yrs of working on S&Ws. The hammer would need a complete re-design to have 2 SA cocking notches. In DA mode, as the trigger is pulled, the hammer begins to travel. At a certain point, the hammer is "handed off" to the DA sear and the hammer continues to move back. With the continued pull of the trigger, the sear is released and the hammer falls. In SA mode, when the hammer is pulled back it should reach a point where the trigger has engaged the SA sear on the hammer. Notice as the hammer is pulled back, the trigger is moving, too. After the hammer is cocked with the trigger engaged in the SA sear, all that's required is to squeeze the trigger and the hammer should fall. There's a
'catch' in there somewhere that's acting as a 'sear'. No S&W I've ever worked on has 2 SA sears, but I don't see many "new ones", either. If I didn't have extensive training and experience, I wouldn't be removing a broken hammer stud in a "Smith 629, and installing a new one. Stud replacement is an 'advanced' job, usually sent back to the factory or sent to a gunsmith with advanced training in S&W Revolvers.

I know that the sa sear is different from the da sear--I was just wondering which hammer position it fired from when he pulled the trigger in da--- its an interesting issue that he has, I've never heard of it before-- I really have no clue whats wrong but as much info as he can give may ring a bell with someone that may know whats wrong

 

[cohunt]

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[Justin Petrovich]

View attachment 143827 I recently purchase a S&W 44 mag hunter model 629 for deer huntin. I have a perplexing question. This handgun has two cocking points. 1st "stage" is about 1/8" from full cock and the "2nd stage" is at full hammer cock. At the first stage the trigger pull weight is about 2lb and at full cock it is about 4.5lb. Is this normal? This is a S&W Performance Center "tuned handgun. Does anybody else own a late model S&W model 629 that the hammer can be cocked in two different positions as I described above? Is this a Performance Center purposely added upgrade or is there something wrong with my Smith? Any help will be much appreciated.

I have the 629 performance center as well and I only have full cocked position.

 

[Justin Petrovich]

 

[cohunt]

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