Driftwood Johnson
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When I was active in SASS, there was some discussion that the wire bolt springs were too weak and would allow the cylinder to "over throw" if cocked hard.
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This Colt has a wire trigger/bolt spring in it. It has been in there for quite a few years now, does not give any trouble. It is easy to tune one of these springs to deliver how much spring force you want just by bending it a bit with a pliers. This one has enough force that the cylinder never throws by when cocked briskly, this Colt and the other one I have shown are my two Main Match CAS pistols, and they get shot a lot. I recall when I was sitting with my favorite gunsmith and he was tuning this revolver a little bit, we first put a standard 'flat' trigger/bolt spring in. We did not like the trigger pull, so we substituted this wire spring instead. Trigger pull with this spring is right where I like it, about 2 1/2 pounds.
A friend has Taylors with "Rugerized" hands; coil and plunger instead of leaf. Not authentic, but more durable.
This Uberti Cattleman came with a coil spring for the hand. It fits in the hollow base of one of the grip screw. Yup, no worries about that spring breaking.
There is a wire trigger/bolt spring in this pistol too.