S7W SW40VE

[jwmscout]

I just purchased a used S&W SW40VE from a friend for $75 with 3 magazines. Anything special I should know about this gun?

[Thrillz]

Trigger pull is really hard, i think 10+lbs. You can modify it to about 5lbs. Look for the video on youtube, use the one from GunsmithUSA. The other mods involve replacing springs with springs from a pen and thats just silly, lots of people have issues when doing that. Gunsmiths method involves removing 2 small springs, ive done it and have had no problems.

Also the trigger pull felt really gritty on mine, so i polished parts of the sear and striker and it smoothed out. Still quite a bit of take up tho in the trigger.

[DClan]

Damn. I'm not a sigma fan, but $ 75 bucks is steal, and it's. 40 cal to boot. Must be the best friend discount. Good purchase, Congrats.

[mrnyman]

Its a good gun , highly underrated, very reliable and accurate almost an exact copy of a Glock except for the trigger, in 1996 Smith &Wesson paid Glock $3.5 million in a lawsuit for copying their Gun thats how close it is.

You can fix the heavy trigger problem by going to a Wolffe trigger kit, makes it light and sweet especially if you change the striker spring, some of them comes with a rough feed ramp, ironically the barrel is the only part of this Gun made by S&W and they couldnt even make a clean ramp on it.

[renalp]

I just purchased a used S&W SW40VE from a friend for $75 with 3 magazines. Anything special I should know about this gun?

1. Good friend, great deal!

2. As other have said, the trigger pull can be lightened by removing springs. Having tried it both ways, I went back to the original setup. The trigger is heavy and has a long reset (similar in both regards to a DA revolver) but for "practical accuracy" purposes, it does the job.

3. Accessories are scarce. The Fobus HK-1 holster is a good fit. You can get a cheap adapter to mount Weaver rail accessories, but that will make holster options even worse.

[jwmscout]

Thanks to everyone's reply, appreciate it.

[afdcomposer]

I just purchased a used S&W SW40VE from a friend for $75 with 3 magazines. Anything special I should know about this gun?

Sweet mercy - does your friend have anything else for sale?!

Like others have said, the Sigma is not exactly an heirloom piece, but for $75...

[Quigar57]

Love mine. It's my nightstand gun, no safeties to deal with if I'm ever woken up by some undesirable invader plus 15 rounds of .40 is plenty of medication.

[Sparxfly72]

Not what I would choose, but for 75 bux I'd be all over it. Good deal.

[MARINE DIVISION TWO]

OMG ! That was a steal,even for a lower priced Sigma,congrats,And I will give you $150 for it,lol.