Russ T. Sites Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Which do you prefer wire or flat spring for the trigger / bolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Harland Wolff, SASS #5019 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Flat. It is designed to break and save the other, more expensive parts in the gun. A wire spring will just fatigue and allow the other parts to wear out and that gets expensive. PM me if you gave any further questions. HW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Flat. It is designed to break and save the other, more expensive parts in the gun. A wire spring will just fatigue and allow the other parts to wear out and that gets expensive. PM me if you gave any further questions. HW "Designed to break." Really? I've seen plenty of original Colts where the bolt/trigger spring has broken. However, I have also seen a lot where the spring has simply lost tension. They aren't designed to break. They do, but they weren't designed to break. Wire springs haven't been out that long, but I have guns that are over ten years old with thousands of rounds fired through them and the wire springs are still working just fine. It is hard to generalize about springs. Springs are cheap so I always keep both kinds on hand. On some guns the wire spring gives a mushy imprecise feeling to the action. On other guns of the same make and model but a few serial numbers different, the wires give a wonderful feel to the action. The only way to tell what will suit a particular shooter is to install both and see what feels the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ T. Sites Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 I switch back to the flat spring and adjusted it for a better trigger pull. The wire was just to weak for my liking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I wish it was Spring here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ T. Sites Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 It was here in Ohio this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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