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Old 04-17-2014, 11:35 PM
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Did a project on my bodyguard...RTK Trigger, Galloway Precision Short Trigger bar, Reduced Power Firing Pin Return spring, Reduced Power Firing Block Spring, and XS Night Sights...videos show how to as well.....love these enhancements!

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I did most of those upgrades - no night sights - in my case the trigger bar was not resetting smoothly and I ended up sanding off all the black coating and now it works much better.

After the transfer bar and trigger install I was getting light strikes - so I added their spring kit and no light strikes since.

The hardest part was getting the rear sight off - had to buy a sight pusher kit.
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I read that the new hammer spring adds 1.5 lbs to the trigger weight...I left it out and kept the original as I had never had a light strike....First box of 50 rounds I had one. Just enough to make me nervous...how much do you feel the hammer spring adds to the pull? BTW I have to admit that I really do like the night sights and yes a pusher definitely made the job easy.
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I did not do the increased hammer rate hammer spring - only the springs in the slide - firing pin return spring and blocker spring.
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OK....you and I are running the same thing in that case.
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