Taurus Long barreled 357

Question
Is there anywhere I can find the national standard for gun Makers about the weight? of the trigger?  m608cp8 3/8 " 357 eight shot revolver. Thanks!!! asap please!!!

Answer
Deb,

I do not know what you mean by "national standard for gun makers about the weight of the trigger."  There is no such standard.

Due to the influence of lawyers, most gun mfgs try to make their triggers exteemly hard to pull, which makes the probability of failing to hit what you are shooting at high.

Most triggers need to be worked by a competent gunsmith, and the wieght of trigger depends on the type of shooting to be done with it (hunting, self-defense, action pistol competition, bullseye pistol competition, etc.)

Because I don't have any of those parameters from you, I can't give you a definitive answer.  If it will help, I will tell you what I would do (noting that my guns are set up for self-defense, and are used in tactical pistol competition).

I would have the gunsmith change the springs to those mfg'd by Wolff, but I would NOT change the wieght of the springs - lightening the spring weight in revolvers increases the likelihood of an inginition failure, and in a defensive gun, reliability is job-one.

If the gunsmith knows how to judiciously polish the surfaces, you should be able to get a double-action trigger pull of about 12#, which I would consider good.

Re: the single action pull - this is more a matter of shortening the hammer hook.  What you want here is crisp, not necessarily light.  That being said, a revolver used for hunting, self-defense or action pistol is seldom shot single action.  Weight of nicely done 12# double action trigger will usually translate out 3-4# when shot single action.

I hope this helps some.