Trooper Upgrade; Snowing all day here...

[toxophilus]

...in Colorado

So I decided to update the hammer & trigger return springs in my Trooper Mark III .22

It appears that this revolver hasn't been taken apart since it left the factory as the lubricant on various parts had turned into a sticky varnish-like consistency

After cleaning that off and placing fresh lubricant(s) on the important parts, the rest of this went back together like it should; it is sooooo much smoother.

Now if it would just stop snowing so I can get out to the range to test out .22 ignition for reliability. The nice thing about that part is I won't have to take apart the entire revolver if I need to go to a heavier spring.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Nice!

I have a 4" in .22. Very accurate, fun to shoot.
That's not a stress crack in the trigger hinge, is it? I socked away a spare for mine as it's a known failure point.

 

[toxophilus]

Nice!

I have a 4" in .22. Very accurate, fun to shoot.
That's not a stress crack in the trigger hinge, is it? I socked away a spare for mine as it's a known failure point.

Nope.

 

[J-Bar]

...in Colorado

So I decided to update the hammer & trigger return springs in my Trooper Mark III .22

It appears that this revolver hasn't been taken apart since it left the factory as the lubricant on various parts had turned into a sticky varnish-like consistency

After cleaning that off and placing fresh lubricant(s) on the important parts, the rest of this went back together like it should; it is sooooo much smoother.

Now if it would just stop snowing so I can get out to the range to test out .22 ignition for reliability. The nice thing about that part is I won't have to take apart the entire revolver if I need to go to a heavier spring.

Winter ignition test: pull the bullet from a few .22LR rounds with pliers and dispose if the powder. Load them into your revolver in the garage, and put eye and ear protection on. Your neighbors will never hear the primer "pop".

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Its crazy how loud a primed case is.
We set off a .223 primer in a bench vise at work once....the boss was not amused.

 

[toxophilus]

Winter ignition test: pull the bullet from a few .22LR rounds with pliers and dispose if the powder. Load them into your revolver in the garage, and put eye and ear protection on. Your neighbors will never hear the primer "pop".

Thx much for that tip, I used some older Russian steel cased rimfires for the test; I thought that if the lighter hammer spring ignites the primer compound in these it will certainly do it in brass... I did try a few brass ones and they went pop too

 

[4v50 Gary]

Now that you've cleaned the varnish, you should try it with the original springs first.

BTW, I spent two hours shovel snow. First to the wood pile and second around the cars so I can get to them.