Wanting new trigger and hammer springs for my EAA bounty hunter...where to go?

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Stopsign32v

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Well the trigger has to be a good 8lb trigger, it is nuts. The hammer is pretty hard to pull back as well. I've heard this is a "problem" with the EAA bounty hunters but I couldn't pass up this new 45 colt for less than $400, so I got it.

I've read problems with the Wolff springs and I was wondering if putting Colt springs in the pistol would be a bad idea. And if not, where is the best place to get them? Any advice or help is welcome here. Thanks guys
 
I am pretty sure you have tried this...

...but I will say it even though it might be the first things you thought of.

Have you tried:

Trimming down the hammer spring to reduce the tension or even loosening the screw.

Smoothing up the trigger and removing as much mechanical resistance as possible.
 
The mainspring is a flatspring, no?

Just file it down (reduce its thickness). If you take it to a grinder, be sure to dip it frequently in water. You don't want to change its temper. Be sure to polish it afterward.
 
Hope this works....

There are two Pettifogger articles which address cap and ball pistols but the similarity in the action makes them worth a good review.

http://www.theopenrange.net/articles/Tuning_the_Pietta_Part_One.pdf

http://www.theopenrange.net/articles/Tuning_the_Pietta_Part_Two.pdf

The next one is a magazine article beginning on page 17 strictly for 1873 Colt style revolvers.

http://www.gunsmagazine.com/1958issues/G0658.pdf

I just tested the links and they all work.

BTW, check out the prices on the inside cover!
 
When reducing tension on a flat mainspring, it is best to take metal off the sides of the spring, not from the flat.

Jim
 
Perhaps a bit off topic, but I find this interesting-
According to the 1958 magazine (thanks for posting that) the revolver on the first page has a price of about $100. Let's say the same type of gun would sell for $500 today. With a quick Google search I found the average manufacturing wage in 1958 was ~$2 per hour. So a person would have had to work 50 hours to purchase that revolver in '58. Another search came up with wage of $51000 or $25.5 per hour for manufacturing wages in 2015. So if the gun was purchased for $500 today, the buyer only had to work ~20 hours, say the gun is $600 today, still only ~24 hours.
Obviously these are numbers not including taxes on income etc. But overall I'd say the buying power of the average middle class worker has increased significantly.
Again thanks for the links, great reading.
 
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