Reducing the trigger pull weight on an 870...

SpazzTrap · September 7, 2001, 12:47 AM

Hi,

Can you just cut the spring down, or should one just buy a lighter spring?

Thanks,

-Spazz

Dave McC · September 7, 2001, 03:31 AM

I'm no gunsmith, but leave that spring alone. Clean up the sear and hammer notches with a hard Arkansas stone, lube good....

E. BeauBeaux · September 7, 2001, 10:03 AM

Dave McC is telling you right, don't ever cut springs. The best way is clean up all contact surfaces. Hammer/sear/pins wherever metal touches metal.

Dfariswheel · September 7, 2001, 06:09 PM

Besides stoning the sear and hammer notches, you can get a marked reduction by putting a small drop of STP Oil Treatment on the engaging surfaces. I don't claim credit for this, I got it from Bill Wilson.

George Stringer · September 8, 2001, 04:54 AM

About your only other option than what's listed here is a Hastings trigger group. Runs close to $300. George

September 7, 2001, 12:47 AM	#1
SpazzTrap Senior Member Join Date: October 8, 2000 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 467	Reducing the trigger pull weight on an 870... Hi, Can you just cut the spring down, or should one just buy a lighter spring? Thanks, -Spazz __________________ "Great Spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds..." -Albert Einstein Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...sounds like my bachelor party.

September 7, 2001, 10:03 AM	#3
E. BeauBeaux Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2000 Location: MS, CSA Posts: 377	Dave McC is telling you right, don't ever cut springs. The best way is clean up all contact surfaces. Hammer/sear/pins wherever metal touches metal. __________________ "While you are resting, someone somewhere is training and when you meet him, you will lose." --Unknown

September 7, 2001, 03:31 AM	#2
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	I'm no gunsmith, but leave that spring alone. Clean up the sear and hammer notches with a hard Arkansas stone, lube good....

September 7, 2001, 06:09 PM	#4
Dfariswheel Senior Member Join Date: May 4, 2001 Posts: 7,478	Besides stoning the sear and hammer notches, you can get a marked reduction by putting a small drop of STP Oil Treatment on the engaging surfaces. I don't claim credit for this, I got it from Bill Wilson.

September 8, 2001, 04:54 AM	#5
George Stringer Staff Alumnus Join Date: October 12, 1998 Location: Earlington KY Posts: 2,299	About your only other option than what's listed here is a Hastings trigger group. Runs close to $300. George