Sorry for the delay – but I do hope everyone had as great of a holiday weekend as I did!
A quick update on my S&W Sigma 9VE - I am quite impressed. I’ve probably put 500+ rounds through it so far and I have not had a single malfunction beyond my inability to properly seat the magazine once or twice – but not a single fault attributable the Sigma. I’ve stuck with roundnose so far but have tried a whole spectrum Wolf, Blazer, Magtech brass, Winchester, Federal, etc. Every round has fed, shot, and ejected perfectly. I’ve some standard JHP rounds I’ve going to try next and then some Remington +P rounds on the way - Stay Tuned!!!
Thing is – I haven’t done all that much to it, but as it stands right now I would say the trigger pull is at least a third and probably half of that of a standard issue, brand new Sigma. Chris and I both did a dry-fire side-by-side today between mine and a new one, and we both feel that is an accurate statement.
Here is what I have done to my Sigma: Polished the interior moving parts to remove any burrs and machining marks, disassembled the sear housing block assembly, polished every surface of the sear as well as (very carefully!) the sear face to a mirror finish, and I removed what I will call the ‘pigtail’ and ‘outer’ springs from the sear housing block.
I took pictures as I went through and did every step, so I’ll be posting that next…
Other things I will be trying out down the road – Wollf’s replacement all steel recoil spring guide rod with standard 18lb. and extra power 20lb. springs, a Wollf reduced power striker spring (3.5lb vs. 4.5lb standard - not recommended for duty use, but I want to give it a try), and a Pachmayr grip sleeve.
NEXT: A basic S&W Sigma tune-up!!!
