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Offline wwdkd

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Question for people with a Competition Hammer installed
« on: September 22, 2010, 07:03:37 PM »
What weight mainspring do you use?
I've searched for the answer in several other threads and have not found what I was looking for so I figure I'll just ask myself. I am getting ready to send my P-01 in to get the competition hammer installed and I want to add a new mainspring to decrease the weight of the trigger pull. However, since this is going to be my every day carry gun I want absolute reliability with ALL types of primers. I would rather have the trigger be heavier but fire every time as opposed to lighter and there being a chance of a light strike if I ever needed to use my gun. So, my question is what mainspring do people use in conjunction with the comp. hammer that gives them 100% reliability with all primers? I was thinking of a 16# or 17# for carry but was wondering if I could go 15# if I ordered an extended firing pin? Thanks, any help would be appreciated  :)

Offline Canuck44

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Re: Question for people with a Competition Hammer installed
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2010, 07:12:00 PM »
I have the Competition hammer installed on my CZ 85 Combat with the 15# mainspring and it fires off every primer I have tried including CCI which seem to be harder than some.  Remington factory ammo runs great as well.

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Offline dusty10

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Re: Question for people with a Competition Hammer installed
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2010, 07:20:07 PM »
I think the spring change is part of the hammer swap.  Are you sending it to CZ Custom?  They did mine and  trigger work as well.   You'll like it.  ;D
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Offline eric0424

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Re: Question for people with a Competition Hammer installed
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2010, 08:24:41 PM »
I've got the competition hammer and a 15# main spring in my stainless 75B and it has fired everything from factory ammo to range reloads and my reloads.  I've never had a misfire with my stainless 75B.  It had the 15# mainspring long before the comp. hammer was installed, so you shouldn't have a problem with the 15# and you shouldn't need an extended firing pin.

With the comp. hammer and the 15# main spring you should get a SA trigger pull around 3-lbs.

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Re: Question for people with a Competition Hammer installed
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2010, 05:57:11 AM »
15 lb mainspring with just comp hammer or 13 lb with comp hammer and extended firing pin will ignite CCI primers 100% of the time in my experience.  You could probably get by with the 13 lb and comp hammer if you only shot Federal primers.

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Re: Question for people with a Competition Hammer installed
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2010, 12:28:12 AM »
I tried a 13# mainspring with the hammer and had nothing but problems igniting primers. was going to drop in a extended firing pin but due to not having a firing pin safety i was worried about AD's or slam fire's. is this a valid worry?

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Re: Question for people with a Competition Hammer installed
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2010, 03:28:41 PM »
I don't think you have anything to worry about.  Most people (myself included) who install the extended firing pin already have the FPB removed.  I have had no issues.

Does that mean it can't happen?  No.  I just don't think you have anything more to worry about than you already do with the removed FPB.