28-2 failure to fire

[Big Ranch]

My wife and I took her 28-2 to the range last week. She shot a couple hundred .38s and then started to have an occasional light primer strikes. It was obvious from looking at the primers the hits were light and most would fire on a second strike. After another 100 rounds, the gun would hardly fire at all. The primers had tiny dimples, but no real strikes. I'm no gunsmith, but I assume it needs a new mainspring? I pulled the mainspring out and it is pretty flimsy. If I'm off base here, let me know. While I have the gun apart, I'd like to replace all the springs. Anything else I should do or check? Any good kits available?

This is my wife's bedside gun.

 

[58619owner]

That is where I would start. Mainsprings are fairly inexpensive and easy to swap out.

 

[banjopkr]

First thing is make sure the stain screw is all the way in.

 

[Big Ranch]

Yes, it was screwed in all the way.

 

[banjopkr]

Strain not Stain screw welder not typist lol

 

[banjopkr]

Usually when this happens it is screw backed out trigger pull feels real good but get light strikes must be a weak mainspring it happens just not often,have never replaced one in n frame but several k frames,have a 36 J frame suffering from same problem right now already have spring on way someone probably clipped too many coils off mine good luck with yours hate to see a 28 sick

 

[Big Ranch]

I appreciate it. I'm guessing brownells has kits?

 

[TAROMAN]

PM me your address and I'll mail you a spring set.
Thanksgiving gift.