Miculek Springs

[Crosscut Jack]

Has any one installed the Jerry Miculek springs in a Model 60? If so how difficult was it and were there any special tools needed?
Any help and suggestions would be appreciated
Jack

 

[Crosscut Jack]

Has any one installed the Jerry Miculek springs in a Model 60? If so how difficult was it and were there any special tools needed?
Any help and suggestions would be appreciated
Jack

 

[Mickstix]

Not a Model 60, but I recently tore down and rebuilt a Model 66.. I think the J frame is about the same, except for the main spring.. Other than a well fit flat screw driver, you just need a paperclip to remove that one from a J frame. And you can use a flat screw driver to get the "rebound slide" on and off, but a rebound slide "tool" makes it much easier.. It's not too difficult, but I'd recommend a book or video to help ya along, cause it's easy to mess up a revolver if ya dont know a few of the tricks getting it apart and back together.. I hear Miculek's "trigger job" is a good one, and also Jerry Kuhnhausen's "The Smith & Wesson Revolver: A Shop Manual" is also great! Jerry K's book and video is what I got before I did mine.. Best of luck!!

 

[danski]

Crosscut Jack,

Miculek does provide a warning regarding his springs (at least for the K,L,N frames) which
says:

"This spring kit is recommended for target and competition shooting. It is not recommended for defensive handguns. If reloading, make sure Federal Primers (which he recommends for his spring kits) are fully seated into primer pocket."

I'm assuming a Mod. 60 is a defensive handgun, so if you install his kit, I'd recommend that you test several types of ammo you plan to carry, be they Winchester, Federal, Remington or the many others available. You'll want those primers to be set off every time--every time.

Danski

 

[TSQUARED]

The Model 60 is a J-frame which uses coil rather than a leaf mainspring. The Miculek spring kits are for K, L and N framed guns with leaf mainsprings.

 

[haggis]

Jack,

J-frames are very finicky about lower powered mainsprings. For example, Wolff's "low-power" mainspring is 8.0 versus the standard 8.5 pounds. You would be better served by smoothing up the relevant contact points in the trigger system, and maybe taking the rebound spring down from 18 to 15 pounds. Smooth counts more than weight for a combat gun.

Buck