Main coil spring vs leaf spring

[Hannibal Barca]

Mr. Green Frog, thanks a lot for sharing your experience. I had always wondering how was the trigger feeling of those I frames with leaf main spring.

 

[Hannibal Barca]

Maybe the reason that some people (me included) tends to believe that the coil main spring is stronger is for the the Single Action Army 1873 type case, The Colt Single Actions Army has leaf main spring and the Rugers Single Actions has coil main springs, and the colt mains springs broke more often than Rugers.

Maybe in the double action K, L and N frames are different.

 

[Green Frog]

It is pretty widely accepted that a coil spring is more durable than a leaf spring, but that is not what my main concern would be... I want the trigger pull to be great while still having the ability to set off primers dependably. If I have to change out a leaf spring from time to time, so be it, but so far none has ever broken. Other folks' mileage may vary. At this point I haven't been able to bring myself to convert a Model 60 to a leaf spring, but I haven't totally abandoned the idea either.

Froggie