Hey guys,
I bought an 1873 Uberti Cattleman revolver recently and with the gun totally stock, shot three boxes of shells through it with no problem. It’s often recommended to replace the colt style flat sear/bolt spring in these with a wire type spring for durability.
I changed the spring out for a Wolff wire spring, which is reduced power. The trigger feel is improved which I like. However, I had six misfires in a box of 50 and it looks like the cylinder is over rotating and the firing pin is striking the rim of the cartridge, completely missing the primer. I’ve since swapped the stock spring back in.
The timing is spot on and it works fine with the stock spring. Id like to do a wire type spring for the added durability and also for the fact that the wire spring eliminated what I can describe as trigger takeup that the flat spring exhibits. but all I can find from Wolff, heinie, and Lee gunfighter are what appear to be reduced power springs.
Does anybody know of a more stock weight wire type bolt/sear spring for the colt style single action guns?
Thanks
I bought an 1873 Uberti Cattleman revolver recently and with the gun totally stock, shot three boxes of shells through it with no problem. It’s often recommended to replace the colt style flat sear/bolt spring in these with a wire type spring for durability.
I changed the spring out for a Wolff wire spring, which is reduced power. The trigger feel is improved which I like. However, I had six misfires in a box of 50 and it looks like the cylinder is over rotating and the firing pin is striking the rim of the cartridge, completely missing the primer. I’ve since swapped the stock spring back in.
The timing is spot on and it works fine with the stock spring. Id like to do a wire type spring for the added durability and also for the fact that the wire spring eliminated what I can describe as trigger takeup that the flat spring exhibits. but all I can find from Wolff, heinie, and Lee gunfighter are what appear to be reduced power springs.
Does anybody know of a more stock weight wire type bolt/sear spring for the colt style single action guns?
Thanks