Well, spent an hour or so inside the action of the 340PD. Not easy getting there either. WARNING
if you don't have the properly fitting screwdrivers, do not attempt to remove the sideplate.
I am serious, that unit is secure. A small perfectly tailored driver wouldn't budge any but the rear screw. A larger driver fit the crane unit, but I had to file down its diameter a few MMs to get it sized right for the rear guard screw. Still had to lean into it. Don't think the boys in Springfield want you to take these apart.
Once off, some things were very obvious. Some rollmarked or punched numbers on the sideplate were bright and shiny, as was the rebound spring housing area where the two abutted. Polished them. And the trigger pivot pin, anchored in the frame, had a shiny raised machine tool ring around it. Had to sort of paint-scrape it down flush with the frame, but couldn't polish it. Also, sides of hammer got the 20 second emory cloth treatment.
But it seems the biggest flaw was on the hammer strut, where the lollipop end that engages the hammer had a whopper of a burr on it. So big it was actually causing the strut to sit a little cattywompus in the frame. Fixed and polished that. May or may not have clipped one coil off the main spring, and lovingly reassembled it all. No oil tonight, just letting metal on metal get to know each other.
Much, much better. I was glad I could recall the things I used to do, way back when.
Will probably order some Wolf springs (are they still being made
and swap out the rebound as well as the main.
Next order of business: range time.