Taos Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I just got a Stoeger 12 ga Coachgun for a back-up gun. Never owned or used a Stoeger before, I use mostly a Baikal. Yesterday I slicked up the gun and swapped the triggers from left to right (two trigger gun), and a bunch of other stuff. All is good except I think the trigger pull is too hard. It's a crisp pull, just harder than my Baikals. Question 1 to Stoeger people who know is: Can the sear springs we tweaked to make the trigger pull easier? The lever spring seems to be pretty strong too. Question 2 to Stoeger people who know is: Can I cut a coil or two off the lever spring? Thanks, Taos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 This is better than cutting the lever spring. https://www.longhunt.com/storelh/index.php?route=product/product&path=88_95&product_id=238 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Lone Rider Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 You can buy a replacement spring, some use Ruger Vaquero Hammer Springs, but I just cut a coil or two off the Lever Spring and away I go. If you cut, try a little, then a little more, procedure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 The problem with trimming the original spring is it's possible to get it too light. You don't find out until the barrels unlock after the first round is fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider Creek Shootist Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrtBEi1csOA Hope this helps ................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 Thanks Cider Creek, that helps some. According to the vid I can get lighter seer springs, which tells me I can also just bend a little tension out of the stock springs (like is done with Ruger Vaquero trigger springs). What isn't mentioned, and I can not find the info anywhere is the actual lever spring. Once the seers are removed the barrel lock can be removed and polished. With the barrel lock removed the lever can be lifted out......carefully!.....the spring in there is going to go boing! There is another spring that returns the lever to it's right position, it acts on the bottom of the lever barrel, there is a spring and a plunger. This spring and plunger is the spring I am talking about lightening. It seems to me it is stronger than it needs to be. If you open the barrels on a coachgun and push the lever to the left, as in opening the barrels, you can feel this spring, it is what is returning the lever to the right. Thanks Taos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 Everyone refers to the Lever Spring incorrectly. Even the parts people call it a lever spring. But actually the lever spring is at the bottom of the lever and can not be seen unless the lever is removed. The actual name of the spring everyone mentions is the "Lock Impeller Spring". I hope that doesn't start an argument :-} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rainmaker, SASS #11631 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Buy the (Palo Verde, https://pvgunworks.com/product/stoeger-top-lever-spring-kit/) kit, more options for setting tensions just right and you'll be happier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 I did by a spring!!! A Lock Impeller Spring. Maybe get it in today! From Long Hunter. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Hiya Taos! I'm getting with Jerry from the club next week to work on my Stoeger. I will have it at the next match and you can see how it feels with what he is doing to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 OK. But I don't think I'm going to make the shoot. Next I'm going to modify the buttstock and fore stock. The buttstock is too "fat" at the pistol grip and cramps the hand into the trigger guard. Makes for hurt fingers sometimes when the recoil jambs the finger guard into the hand. And I think the fore stock is too wide. We'll see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rainmaker, SASS #11631 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Always thought the stocks were a bit chunky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Do some research before thinning the wrist. And make sure the stock has a good fit to the receiver before you do anything. Thru the years, more than a few on this forum have reported cracks in their Stoegers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 7 hours ago, Taos said: OK. But I don't think I'm going to make the shoot. Next I'm going to modify the buttstock and fore stock. The buttstock is too "fat" at the pistol grip and cramps the hand into the trigger guard. Makes for hurt fingers sometimes when the recoil jambs the finger guard into the hand. And I think the fore stock is too wide. We'll see! @Branchwater Jack SASS #88854 told me to add some length to the buttstock to help with the finger bashing. I did, and it was amazing, that's why I had the slip on sissy pad last Saturday. I am going to put some more under that pad. It was really an amazing help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 Yea, Stoegers bash! I do not like the Stoeger stock, its bulky and short between the pistol grip and trigger guard. Just so happens I took Luke's Stoeger butt stock to the belt sander yesterday. I narrowed it down all over and made more space between the pistol grip and trigger guard. An amazing difference! I still don't like it as well as a Baikal butt stock, but it's a LOT better. Is yours a single or double trigger gun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Both mine are double triggers. I shot the 20 yesterday without the extra pad on it and it got me. It sounds too simple, but that is how most useful ideas are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted April 3, 2021 Author Share Posted April 3, 2021 I got my first Stoeger the other day, as a second gun. I've handled Stoegers before and wasn't comfortable with the butt or fore stocks, but figured I could live with that. Then the finger bash.....oh no, something's got to be done! I also noticed the triggers are set for left handed shooters....what the heck! Took me about 4 hours (first time slowness) and I swapped the right to left and left to right triggers! WOW! What a difference! I don't think I'll even get any finger smashing now. Might sell my spare Bakail and keep the Stoeger now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Sackett Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 You might want to save the originals spring. My Stoeger started popping open with a lighter spring once it got broken in. When I took it apart, I noticed that the lock lever was not going up into the barrel lugs very far. Maybe 3/16"??? So by the time I shortened the top arm of the lock to let it travel farther forward into the lugs, the original spring seems lighter (less compression maybe??). That's the way I'm running it now. Seems the real reason it it was popping open was due to the lever not engaging the lugs deep enough. Sam Sackett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKFOOT SASS #11947 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 On 4/1/2021 at 9:47 AM, Taos said: OK. But I don't think I'm going to make the shoot. Next I'm going to modify the buttstock and fore stock. The buttstock is too "fat" at the pistol grip and cramps the hand into the trigger guard. Makes for hurt fingers sometimes when the recoil jambs the finger guard into the hand. And I think the fore stock is too wide. We'll see! I have cut a few of the buttstocks down to "English style" configuration. Perfect! Blackfoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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