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Old November 13, 2019, 08:21 AM   #26
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Where surfaces touch each other and where they make contact with the frame. As Bill stated leave the sear alone
I've only smoothed out "vertical surfaces". I left the sear and all springs well alone but where stuff runs against the frame, I polished it. It is much smoother, if not much lighter.


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If so you are in luck, the trigger weight on the Astra I have is adjustable by rotating that wheel so the main spring rests in whichever hole you choose...
I do have that and had already set my spring to the lightest setting. The logic being if the spring ever got tired, I could take up some of the pre-load with the next recess. It's still not a light trigger pull though. I don't mind the weight as much as the "stackiness" of it and the polishing helped a lot!

Do you own any Astras and if so, which?
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Old November 13, 2019, 09:47 AM   #27
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I own several NC-6s. They are great. There’s nothing else on the market that gives you a six shot j-frame with a four inch barrel. The way the forcing cone is embedded in the frame makes them exceptionally strong for their size. I’ve run the hottest buffalo bore loads through them without a problem.
This may not be the case in Europe but parts for astras are exceptionally hard to find in the US. Astra closed its doors in 1997, so there’s going to be a limited supply. Also, having done my own work on several Astras, i learned that many of the internal parts are not interchangeable. These guns were hand fitted, so frequently the replacement parts have to be hand fitted. I wouldn’t do too much more than you’ve already done. Don’t cut off any spring coils, don’t touch the sear. Better to dry fire the crap out of it. See if you can get to 20,000 trigger pulls and it should smooth out nicely.



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Old November 13, 2019, 11:50 PM   #28
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I've only smoothed out "vertical surfaces". I left the sear and all springs well alone but where stuff runs against the frame, I polished it. It is much smoother, if not much lighter.




I do have that and had already set my spring to the lightest setting. The logic being if the spring ever got tired, I could take up some of the pre-load with the next recess. It's still not a light trigger pull though. I don't mind the weight as much as the "stackiness" of it and the polishing helped a lot!

Do you own any Astras and if so, which?


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Old November 14, 2019, 12:59 AM   #29
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Astra terminator in 44 mag
The jealousy is actually now a physical pain....

And not least because you have decent grips!

I had tiny wooden ones before, and after it renewed the skin of the web of my thumb on my right hand for the 70th time, I replaced them with more contoured wooden grips, but they still jump in my hand with the recoil...

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I own several NC-6s. They are great. There’s nothing else on the market that gives you a six shot j-frame with a four inch barrel.
If I wasn't restricted at the point with what I can buy, I'd probably have jumped on it as it really does look like a nice revolver. But, on reflection, I think the snub fulfils its role better than the NC-6 would.
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