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I have a 197X H.S. Sharpshooter that I bought new. When almost new I had a trigger job done along with lightening springs for bullseye shooting. After many thousands of rounds for the first 4 years, and many years of only periodic shooting, I've started having serious FTF problems. The trigger pull is now 'scary' light. I have replaced the recoil and firing pin springs. The others are original. Feed and ejection works perfectly when the rounds do fire.
It struck and marked the CCI low velocity cases, with a shallow & narrow line. I did fire some cheapie plated Remington's and had fewer FTFs.
I ordered and installed a new firing pin and FP spring with same results. The "new version" firing pin (from Numrich) wasn't shaped. The impact area looks just like a pin punch - round and dead flat. It only leaves a very slight circle-indentation in the cases.
Could it be the hammer spring has finally weakened where it doesn't hit the FP with enough force? Is there any other spring/part that could lead to light hits? I've been ordering springs from Wolff one or two at a time...like a dummy. I'd like to narrow it down to all other possible causes/springs before I order again.
This pistol looks and shoots like new....when it shoots
Thanks for any suggestions you can share.
It struck and marked the CCI low velocity cases, with a shallow & narrow line. I did fire some cheapie plated Remington's and had fewer FTFs.
I ordered and installed a new firing pin and FP spring with same results. The "new version" firing pin (from Numrich) wasn't shaped. The impact area looks just like a pin punch - round and dead flat. It only leaves a very slight circle-indentation in the cases.
Could it be the hammer spring has finally weakened where it doesn't hit the FP with enough force? Is there any other spring/part that could lead to light hits? I've been ordering springs from Wolff one or two at a time...like a dummy. I'd like to narrow it down to all other possible causes/springs before I order again.
This pistol looks and shoots like new....when it shoots
Thanks for any suggestions you can share.