Correct rebound spring for Smith 625-3
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18 pound. The new guns are blue in color.
You normally select the weight based on how fast you want the trigger to reset. 14-15 pounds is a good choice for most folks. 18 pounds is factory. If you're among the upper echelon of revolver masters, you may want to go heavier (Jerry Miculek uses a 21 pound spring).
Buck
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625-3 rebound spring
I just put a 15 lb. in my NIB 4" 625-3, and it seems to have plenty of power for good, not sluggish, reset.
As it breaks in, I may be able to go to a 14 lb. Probably won't though.
Sure can't see any advantage to a 21 lb. spring !
I just put a 15 lb. in my NIB 4" 625-3, and it seems to have plenty of power for good, not sluggish, reset.
As it breaks in, I may be able to go to a 14 lb. Probably won't though.
Sure can't see any advantage to a 21 lb. spring !
tomcatt51
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No, we usually buy Wolff "reduced power" rebound springs, various weights available, and drop them in. You can clip coils if you want but bear in mind that when you do you're decreasing the springs installed preload but increasing it's rate.
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Would these springs be the same for K.L,N? I understand J Frames are smaller.
For me either!
But if you can shoot 6, reload, and shoot 6 more in about 3 seconds (and hit with all 12), you really need that trigger to reset fast. I've heard that Jerry sometimes has troubles with 1911's because they don't reset fast enough to keep up with him.Buck
i shot as Jerry's student, at Jim Clark's gunshop, in Haughton, Louisiana, for one full day...a Christmas present from my wife many years ago.
We shot my Colt stainless 80 series Combat Commander and my Smith 640 all day, close to 700 rounds. I learned a lot from him, a real gentleman.
We shot mostly paper, but also he showed me how to shoot steel plates, and that fellow's ability and speed is hard to believe.
I shot his Smith .38 and it was very smooth but the trigger pull did not seem to be heavy at all, as far as i can remember.
A great experience.
Sonny
We shot my Colt stainless 80 series Combat Commander and my Smith 640 all day, close to 700 rounds. I learned a lot from him, a real gentleman.
We shot mostly paper, but also he showed me how to shoot steel plates, and that fellow's ability and speed is hard to believe.
I shot his Smith .38 and it was very smooth but the trigger pull did not seem to be heavy at all, as far as i can remember.
A great experience.
Sonny
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Rebound springs are all the same for J K L N X revolvers.
magnum12pm
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Jerry must have strong fingers..
thks!
Fast fingers!!
I like to use 16 pound in my revolvers.
500 Magnum Nut
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Fastbolt, straightened me out on this, as I always remove the factory springs when I work on them. I went to my factory bag-of-springs and confirmed this with just a look-see at the original springs. The factory J frame is shorter than the K L N X frame revolvers. 15 coils versus 17 coils. Like I said in the above post the new ones are blue in color and are 18lbs.
When doing trigger jobs, using Wolff springs, these are all the same length as they are a different gauge. So Wolff springs are a one spring fits them all type of spring.
You learn stuff all the time!
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tomcatt51
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Wolff rebound springs are not all the same length. The length varies, the wire diameter and the number of coils varies. I have a set I keep for reference with the all the measurements so when I get a gun with a "mystery spring" I have a chance of figuring out what it is.
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Maybe this didn't translate into text, but what I was thinking was that Wolff has only 1 spring per poundage according to their website and order forms, so a j will also fit in a N sort of spring...
I did come across weird springs which were very narrow that were in the rebound block. They were not factory, and I'm not sure if they were wolff either, just making an observation, that's all.
Also, I had to sleep during the factory rebound part of instructions, as I never noticed such a basic "little" difference with the factory rebound spring coils. I don't have a J rebound block in front of me, but I bet the rebound is shorter than the other larger guns, that would explain why the J uses shorter springs...
tomcatt51
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Wolff does have just one spring per "weight". The J frame rebound slide is shorter. I have no idea what "proper" proceedure is on J frame rebound springs. I use the Wolff springs and clip coils.
Louie
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KLN springs are the same. There is a model 14 spring that is the same length but of lighter wire. The J is different. Don't know about the X as I have not worked on them. Use a factory spring and don't cut it in my opinion. When I do an action job for a customer, I put in a full length factory model 14 spring. On my guns I don't do action jobs. The factory knows what they are doing when they build guns, and I shoot them at full rebound spring weight. I have taken lots of Wolf and other after market springs out of guns and thrown them away as the gun comes in for repair because IT DID NOT WORK RELIABLY. If the gun does not work with any ammo you put in it, it is just an expensive paper weight or a very poor club.
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