Questions about the old school ball bearing trigger job--NOT the drop in trigger kit

[Baldanders]

My friend has a 6" .38 Special K--frame that looks like it was set up for PPC by his police armorer grandfather and it has the fabled ball bearing trigger job, nothing slides, it just rolls.

It is perfection. It makes grown men go wide eyed and say in shock and a quiet voice "I didnt know this was possible."
Teflon on teflon with liquid teflon and sorcery. No real break-it just stops moving at the end of the pull.

I NEED this on my 625-6.

Two questions:

1) Where can my smith find some info on how to do this?

2) How much should something like this cost? A knowledgeable fiend was guessing $1200 at a minimum.

Thanks in advance.

[Drang]

In today's round of "Typo or not?":

A knowledgeable fiend was guessing $1200 at a minimum.

On topic, I am unfamiliar with this type of trigger job, but would like to hear more.
(I don't need a custom revolver, I don't need a custom revolver, I don't need...)

[Baldanders]

He's a been a friend for almost 25 years, but he's a ginger bastard who got me lusting after perfection, so I'm sticking with "fiend."

And Drang, you DO need a custom revolver.

[41magfan]

Decades ago, a Colt Python guru named Walt Sherman did a ball-bearing conversion on certain DA revolvers. It was smooth, but it had it's own problems and didn't offer any practical advantages over the traditional methods of smoothing revolver actions. There was one other guy known for doing these conversions but my memory is just failing me in coming up with his name.

More recently, I think I read somewhere that Dave Lauck (D&L Sports) did a roller-bearing conversion of some kind.

[BN]

I handled a roller trigger S&W years ago that was in the Cylinder and Slide booth at a big match. I was nice, but not as nice as a Randy Lee trigger job.

[Jim Watson]

Years ago I saw a real Sherman roller Colt. It was great when it rolled, but every once in a while it would skid and really throw you off. A friend has one of those C&S roller kits. Good, but no better than a good conventional action job.

[okie john]

I'd run query that past Hamilton Bowen.


Okie John

[Baldanders]

I'd run query that past Hamilton Bowen.


Okie John

Good idea, sir. I sent them an email. Thank you.

Just a reminder, as the thread title states I am not asking about pre-made trigger groups.

[Baldanders]

Also, my gunsmith is an old school perfectionist who does an excellent "polish all internals, replace all springs" trigger job. I doubt I'm going to be to do better work on paper with any trigger other than the one I have on my 17-4 that he worked over.

This has nothing to do with practicality.

[Baldanders]

The very polite and prompt Mr. Bowen sent me a reply pre-dawn today. He said I should contact Power Custom and Cylinder and Slide.