rebound spring weights

[RychenCop]

i have the wolff variety pack of springs for my 66-1 and currently use the 14lb rebound spring. i tried the 12lb, but it felt way too light and mushy. what's the most common lb. that offers both reliability and and a good trigger return in K frames? maybe i found it with the 14lb.

 

[allglock]

I like the 13 lb. myself.

 

[JohnK]

You're in the right range.

I have lighter ones, in several K frames, but only after polishing the rebound slide, and the sides of the frame, where they live.

Several of mine have the factory mainspring, as the lighter rebound springs, improve the trigger pull so well.

 

[RychenCop]

yeah...i polished the rebound slide and along with the lighter spring i'm pretty happy. thanks for the input...i was just curious if i was on the right track.

 

[handgunner356]

It will vary gun-to-gun, I've used 12-15# myself. I check it by seeing if I can "outrun" it while dry firing, if the trigger doesn't reset every time I go up to the next heavier spring.

 

[stantheman86]

I also noticed that the mainspring and rebound spring must "balance".........I dropped in a light rebound spring with a stock mainspring and it did not reset the trigger. With a lighter mainspring it worked just fine.

The Miculek rebound and mainspring set is supposed to be perfectly balanced for fast DA shooting, but I haven't tried it. I have Wilson Combat springs in a 10-14 that work well.

Ironically, one of my best shooting revolvers is one that I added a heavier rebound spring to. It's a Ruger GP100 DAO that had a sluggish trigger return and a very stagy DA pull, so I clipped two coils off a S&W rebound spring and installed it. The DA pull is heavy but now VERY even, and I shoot extremely well with this gun. Lighter is not always better, heavier springs can actually even out the DA pull.

I actually don't like too light of a DA pull, it makes the trigger feel like a cap gun. A consistent, even pull all the way through without any "flat spots" in the trigger stroke is more important than the pure weight of the pull.