By "a few pounds" .... perhaps a pound or two as J-frames just don't respond to action work like the larger frames. But, they can be smoothed up with some judicious stoning and polishing. One thing you can do however (that doesn't directly effect detonation reliability) is lower the weight of the rebound spring. This can be accomplished by cutting a coil or two off the factory spring or (my suggestion) simply replacing it with a lower weight spring. This will make the trigger return a bit lazy compared to the factory weight spring, but I suspect this won't be an issue for your wife.

Here's a decent spring kit:

https://shopwilsoncombat.com/Custom-Tune-Spring-Kit-SW-J-Frame/productinfo/321/

Last edited by 41magfan; 10/20/19.
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