Wolf gunsprings
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Wolf gunsprings
Wondered if anyone has used wolf gunsprings to make their winchester trigger a bit lighter. I have ‘94 Legacy angle eject and looking to improve the trigger a tad.
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Re: Wolf gunsprings
Rebounding hammer?
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Re: Wolf gunsprings
Unfortunately yes.
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Re: Wolf gunsprings
Sorry, if you’re not really handy… I’d pay Smith that knows how to work on them… They are PITA.
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Re: Wolf gunsprings
I put a reduced spring in mine and the hammer felt significantly lighter. Not so the trigger, it went from 6 to 5 pounds. I ended up getting rid of the rebound and working on the sear to get a nice 3 pound pull
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Re: Wolf gunsprings
To get rid of the rebound hammer … is it “simply” replacing parts .. if that can be called simple.
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I am fairly handy and do my own fiddlin.... A few years ago I got a really good deal on a 26" 94, half mag, half round half octagon, pretty wood, pistol grip rifle.... didn't EVEN think about it being rebounding hammer. Picked it up at the FFL and immediately realized what I had done... did some research and decided the best use for the rifle was to resell it and get my money back out of it before it got love marks...bitterbeer wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 3:45 pm To get rid of the rebound hammer … is it “simply” replacing parts .. if that can be called simple.
Your mileage may very. I do know it it possible to get a reasonable trigger out of them.
Good luck and if you invest the time and effort hopefully it'll be a shooter. (that is an optimist statement, not a pessimistic statement)
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Re: Wolf gunsprings
Winchester’s are tough. I have done triggers on a bunch of them. The Wolf spring will help very little and it sometimes creates miss fires. The only way to get one down to where it is shootable for silhouette is with a stone and time.
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Re: Wolf gunsprings
I'll second cedestech's advice about finding a good gunsmith to fix your trigger. It's worth what you pay in peace of mind.
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Re: Wolf gunsprings
I shoot a '94 Legacy. It's my favorite gun, but the stock trigger was pretty bad. Hard, gritty, and lots of creep.
The first thing I tried was a Wolfe spring which offered a small improvement, but caused misfires with cci primers. Next I filed .030" off the rebound legs of the spring strut for another incremental improvement. I wasn't happy yet, so I had a Smith do some conservative work on the sear. Now it was down to about 4lbs, but still marginal. Finally, after a discussion with "Edgehit", I pulled the hammer out and added some jb weld under the sear to reduce sear engagement. I slowly worked up through trial and error until it was about .010" thick, and the result was finally a good trigger. It was good enough that I went back to the stock hammer spring and that eliminated the occasional misfire.
What I learned is that you can still maintain the rebounding hammer and obtain a good trigger without spending money, only time.
The first thing I tried was a Wolfe spring which offered a small improvement, but caused misfires with cci primers. Next I filed .030" off the rebound legs of the spring strut for another incremental improvement. I wasn't happy yet, so I had a Smith do some conservative work on the sear. Now it was down to about 4lbs, but still marginal. Finally, after a discussion with "Edgehit", I pulled the hammer out and added some jb weld under the sear to reduce sear engagement. I slowly worked up through trial and error until it was about .010" thick, and the result was finally a good trigger. It was good enough that I went back to the stock hammer spring and that eliminated the occasional misfire.
What I learned is that you can still maintain the rebounding hammer and obtain a good trigger without spending money, only time.