More on springs

[gnappi]

I've owned dozens of blackhawks in one caliber or another since the late 70's and maybe (or probably) my standards are low but I have I not diddled with springs and don't do trigger jobs. I found that lots of use and dry firing makes Rugers fit my needs as they come out of the box. Usability issues like wide spur hammers or gripframes that fit me better on the other hand I like quite a bit.

Anyway, I just replaced the aluminum gripframe on my blackhawk .41 for stainless as well as a SS hammer and trigger to replace the carbon steel OEM parts but while the new parts have near zero creep and the pull is not gritty, it's really stiff on the order of 7+ pounds. So, while rooting around in my parts bins I found a number of thin wire trigger return springs that I've obtained in purchases or trades over the years and I wondered about thin wire trigger spring longevity. Wouldn't the thin wire springs lose tension over time more readily than standard springs?

To possibly address the losing tension over time issue I found the article linked below about re-profiling the stock trigger return spring. Since I have a number of spare stock springs I tried that method... it was easy and had excellent results. Comments?

https://www.cylindersmith.com/triggerspring.html

 

[rkrcpa]

I have always switched out the trigger return spring for the lighter 40 oz. spring from Wolff. Some of those springs are going on 40 years now, if they are going to wear out it will be long after I'm dead and buried.

 

[Johnnu2]

Wolff springs make several different weights for OMs and NMs, not to mention other manufacturers....
WOLFF IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO IMHO.....they work and don't break.
Just did a Mod.629 S&W for a friend that took his gun from "paperweight" status to his favorite revolver... It was literally "off the scale" of his trigger pull gauge. All I did was put a lighter weight (they offer several weights) Wolff spring in his trigger rebound block; cleaned the gunk under the innards and lightly CLP's. Single action weight came in at 2.5lbs..... double action, needless to say was immeasurably much better too.
J.

 

[gnappi]

I gotta say, I tried a couple of the skinny wire springs in my hell box but the spring mod in the link works better