What do I need to buy from Wolff ?

[Skinny snake eyes pickins]

I am going to attempt to add spring kits to my Ruger Vaquero Bisleys.  They are the New Vaquero and are chambered in 45 colt.  What would I need to buy from Wolff to make these better.  I am an occasional shooter with plans on shooting more often when I retire.

I see they have shooters kits.  Is this sufficient or is there more I need? 
also what power reduced spring do most of you use?

Thanks in advance for the help.

Skinny.   (Not so much any more) 

 

 

 

[Rafe Conager SASS #56958]

A lot will depend on the primers that you are using. Federal primers are softer and require less force so the 30-19 should be fine, if you are using  winchester or cci primers I would go 40/19. Especially if you are an occasional shooter. You can always change springs later. Most shooters have fiddled with spring pressures.

Rafe 

[Randy Saint Eagle, SASS # 64903]

42 minutes ago, Rafe Conager SASS #56958 said:

A lot will depend on the primers that you are using. Federal primers are softer and require less force so the 30-19 should be fine, if you are using  winchester or cci primers I would go 40/19. Especially if you are an occasional shooter. You can always change springs later. Most shooters have fiddled with spring pressures.

Rafe 

I may be wrong but the only difference in those 2 kits is the trigger return spring which will make no difference in the hammer force.

 

Randy

[Randy Saint Eagle, SASS # 64903]

51 minutes ago, Skinny snake eyes pickins said:

I am going to attempt to add spring kits to my Ruger Vaquero Bisleys.  They are the New Vaquero and are chambered in 45 colt.  What would I need to buy from Wolff to make these better.  I am an occasional shooter with plans on shooting more often when I retire.

I see they have shooters kits.  Is this sufficient or is there more I need? 
also what power reduced spring do most of you use?

Thanks in advance for the help.

Skinny.   (Not so much any more) 

 

 

 

It would depend on what trigger pull you want? I shoot duelist and like a little heavier trigger pull than when I shot 2-handed. I would get the 40/17 (I shoot Federal primers), if I was shooting 2-handed I would get the 30/17.

 

Randy

[Randy Saint Eagle, SASS # 64903]

I should have started with this, if the force required to cock the hammer feels ok and the trigger pull doesn’t feel too heavy I would only buy the extra power base pin spring.

 

Randy

[Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L]

you didn't say how new your guns are.  As you shoot them, they will get smoother--may take a while but they will.  

 

Action jobs just use files and stones to do the smoothing quicker.

 

back to your OP:  I got two of each as I wanted to see what MY pistols would feel like.  In the Grand Scheme of Things they don't cost that much

 

 

[The Rainmaker, SASS #11631]

If you want to speak with the "Horse's Mouth", you can call Power Custom @ (573) 372-5684 and Randall will talk you through what exactly you need.

It may take a bit for him to get back with you, but he's a great guy and has all the Ruger go fasties.

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

Whatever Wolff Gunsprings you decide on.

CALL Wolff to make the order, and ask them to pull the spring order from the same lot run of springs. 

 

[Skinny snake eyes pickins]

On 4/8/2024 at 12:47 PM, The Rainmaker, SASS #11631 said:

If you want to speak with the "Horse's Mouth", you can call Power Custom @ (573) 372-5684 and Randall will talk you through what exactly you need.

It may take a bit for him to get back with you, but he's a great guy and has all the Ruger go fasties.

Thanks Rainmaker

 

 

Thanks to everyone for all the info.   Very helpful.  I like federal primers but I do have CCI as well.  There for a while it was hard to get anything.  Guns are new Bisleys.  

[Buckeye Pete, SASS # 29941]

Skinny snake eyes pickins, I recently changed out the springs on a new set of SASS vaqueros.  Previously on other Rugers, I went with Wolff springs.  This time I went to Longhunters (listed on the SASS Merchants page) and bought two sets from him.  The reason I went with Longhunter's springs is I like the 15 or 17 lb. hammer springs as I shoot duelist.  The package Longhunter sells has both 15 and 17 lb. hammer springs, the 30 and 40 oz. trigger springs and the heavier base pin spring for around $13.00.  I had another set of NM Vaqueros set up with a 15 lb and 40 oz spring set and I've shot a lot of CCI and Federal primers.  All of them have gone bang. Good luck.

 

Buckeye Pete

[watab kid]

i have bought a lot of stuff including a shipping box for my kentucky long rifle , everything has been satisfactory or excellent - ill be buying from them again 

[Carolina Gunslinger]

I'm changing back from Long Hunter spring kits to the 20# mainspring and keeping the the 30oz trigger springs. I pulled my guns and ammunition out after a long hiatus and found quite a lot of light strikes. Stock hammers and SBH both failed to ignite reliably on CCI primers. The 20# spring set off the light strikes first try every time. The lighter springs would not set off the light struck rounds even after multiple tries. The older I get the more I favor reliability over a softer feel. Those light hammers are great and fast right up until the light strike. 

[Red Oak]

Can’t go wrong with Longhunters spring kit