I have a mint 999 that I got from my grandmother, and it has never quite worked right. After having it for several years I took it apart and found that the nylon head on top of the mainspring strut had shattered.
Numrich had a bunch of different H&R struts, so I ordered one that sounded right and installed it. It did not go in easily, but seemed like it was just the result of the mainspring tension. I'm pretty certain I got the mainspring head oriented the right way.
The result was a rebounding hammer that bounces off the firing pin leaving room for the hammer block to retract. With the broken mainspring head the hammer would rest with the firing pin against casing, but the hammer block would pop back up as soon as the hammer was moved at all. I could see either being the way it was designed.
Should the hammer rebound, or is that the reason I'm getting light strikes? I've already replaced the hammer in case the firing pin is too short.
Numrich had a bunch of different H&R struts, so I ordered one that sounded right and installed it. It did not go in easily, but seemed like it was just the result of the mainspring tension. I'm pretty certain I got the mainspring head oriented the right way.
The result was a rebounding hammer that bounces off the firing pin leaving room for the hammer block to retract. With the broken mainspring head the hammer would rest with the firing pin against casing, but the hammer block would pop back up as soon as the hammer was moved at all. I could see either being the way it was designed.
Should the hammer rebound, or is that the reason I'm getting light strikes? I've already replaced the hammer in case the firing pin is too short.