Now that the trigger, hammer, and other stuff was all playing happily together, it was time to found out just how lucky (or not) I really was.
What would the timing be like?
The parts kit contained the cylinder from the donor 15-3, but I wanted to see what would happen with the original 14-2 cylinder.
Last week in Las Vegas I demonstrated my ability to turn a $100 bill into 16 cents several times, but today I won. Every chamber locks into place well before the hammer reaches full cock in both single and double action.
How about the trigger pull? I'm not ready to say that I did an "action job" on this one because there was absolutely no work done to any sear engagement surfaces
by me. I did use matching parts that may have been worked on in their previous incarnation but I didn't touch that part. While I was chasing the trigger reset I did quite a bit of "fluff and buff" on the internals (I can see my reflection in all 4 sides of the rebound slide) but that was it.
With the 12lb Power Custom rebound spring the single action pull had a low of 38 ounces and a high of 44 ounces. With the "stock" spring from the parts kit the single action pull is 48 ounces on all 6 chambers. I've stayed with the heavier pull because it was more consistent.
I haven't yet checked the endplay, yoke alignment, or put a range rod into it to check the chamber alignment, but I have a feeling that all of those will turn out to be ok. I could probably just clean it up and go shoot it, but I want to play with my other new toys/tools. That'll be after Christmas. Hopefully we'll test fire this one for the New Year.
Edit to add: I'm curious about whether or not other people have noticed inconsistent trigger pulls with lighter springs