Pat Riot
Contributing Member
Well, I installed factory firing pin, hammer and rebound springs. The hammer spring was a breeze as was the firing pin spring. There was a noticeable difference in compression of both in relation to the factory springs.
On the rebound springs I there was less tension on the original vs the new spring but not a whole lot of difference.
One of the reasons I went with the factory rebound spring was once I got that sonofa…uh, thing, in I sure as heck didn’t want to take it out. I am pretty sure I used every cuss word in my extensive dictionary. I was a sailor in the Navy, ya know. I have a large cussing dictionary.
What saved the day for me was a Schrader Valve Tool or tire valve stem tool.
That tool made it easy to install the spring. Even still I decided enough was enough and put the nifty Wilson spring kit away.
I also polished and greased the rebound block. Wow! What a difference that made!
I am looking forward to shooting it tomorrow to see how things worked out. My trigger pull is noticeably smoother. We’ll see what the targets say tomorrow.
Thank you all for your advice.
I liked the feel of the 442 so much I polished the rebound on my model 36 as well. Now it feels smoother.
Here they are. All nice and spiffy. I took that Monogrip off the 36 and made it “Old’s Cool” again.
On the rebound springs I there was less tension on the original vs the new spring but not a whole lot of difference.
One of the reasons I went with the factory rebound spring was once I got that sonofa…uh, thing, in I sure as heck didn’t want to take it out. I am pretty sure I used every cuss word in my extensive dictionary. I was a sailor in the Navy, ya know. I have a large cussing dictionary.
What saved the day for me was a Schrader Valve Tool or tire valve stem tool.
That tool made it easy to install the spring. Even still I decided enough was enough and put the nifty Wilson spring kit away.
I also polished and greased the rebound block. Wow! What a difference that made!
I am looking forward to shooting it tomorrow to see how things worked out. My trigger pull is noticeably smoother. We’ll see what the targets say tomorrow.
Thank you all for your advice.
I liked the feel of the 442 so much I polished the rebound on my model 36 as well. Now it feels smoother.
Here they are. All nice and spiffy. I took that Monogrip off the 36 and made it “Old’s Cool” again.