New 97b

[mwcoleburn]

After searching everywhere to find a good deal on a 97b, gunbroker came to the rescue. Like NIB 97b, 2 clips, tool set, box. $455

Not to shabby

[tekarra]

Not shabby at all!  Let us see some photos when you receive it.

[schmeky]

There's a glossy blue on Gunsamerica for $449.00 plus $25.00 to ship.  Sweet deal.

[mwcoleburn]

Well, she got stipped and bathed, polished the feed ramp and will be doing a full polish on the barrel and internals, Has a bit of trigger creep and grit that should be pretty easy to take care of. Anythoughts on after market sites? Right now I;m just going to paint them but I would like to put in a nice set of front and rear. Any ideas? Also been contemplating a 20lbs wold spring but any benefit to replacing the main sprin as well and with what pound spring?

[schmeky]

mwcoleburn,

When you say "wold" spring, do you mean recoil spring?  The factory recoil spring for the 97 is 13#'s.  If you could even find a 20# spring the pistol would probably not function since you're increasing the rating by a little over 50%.  Wolff Spring's recommends a 14-16# spring if you are running hardball exclusively. 

Most folks run a 15# hammerspring.

[mwcoleburn]

I meant wolf spring,  I found one and had thought about picking it up for +P+ loads, the hammer spring is more interesting to me, What kind of reduction in trigger pull would a 15lbs spring give?

[schmeky]

A 15# hammerspring would reduce the DA pull a little, however it would have little impact on the SA pull.  The ultimate solution for the SA trigger performance is the competition hammer.  I run the stock 20# hammerspring in my 97 and still have an ice crisp 3.0# SA pull.   

[mwcoleburn]

Thanks! I'll be saving up for comp hammer!