Trigger spring question - Norm

davebaird · Post by **davebaird** » December 4th, 2008, 10:41 pm

Hi Norm!

I'm anticipating the arrival of your trigger spring shortly. I see from your instructions that I will need to cut the spring to fit my specific pistol. I have a question.....would I be able to use the original spring as a template to mark then cut the new spring? If possible, that process may be easier for me to handle. Thank you, Dave

Post by **normsutton** » December 5th, 2008, 7:27 am

dave

you can do what ever you want ,its your spring, if you get into trouble you can give me a call my phone No. is in that thread

NORM

davebaird · Post by **davebaird** » December 5th, 2008, 9:58 am

Thank you, Norm. I'll see what happens. ::) Let's hope I don't look like this when I'm halfway into it...

. hahaha

bob · Post by **bob** » December 5th, 2008, 4:41 pm

Hey dave thats what I did.Came out fine.Just remember the old carpenters saying:"Measure twice.Cut it once."

davebaird · Post by **davebaird** » December 5th, 2008, 7:59 pm

Thanks, Bob!! I'll do that then. I've been having slight eye problems lately and using the old as a template sounds easier for me to see.

TY! Dave

littlebearguns · Post by **littlebearguns** » December 18th, 2008, 4:14 pm

Would like to know about what trigger pull spring would be best for a lady, I just got one of these P64 in and she can't even pull the trigger on it, Now she doesn't want it, I guess i will get a new spring for it, shows 17,18,19,20 , 17 is ok to put in the handgun, ?? any help would be appreciated, I have athe chek model myself and it must have a 18 or 19 spring in it , works very nice. any idea's on the springs, thanks LB

davebaird · Post by **davebaird** » December 18th, 2008, 4:25 pm

A lot of the fellas use the 18 or 19. I went with the 20 and am happy. From what they say, lower that 18 could cause ignition problems, that's why I went on the high end.

Dave

You might want to look into a heavier recoil spring while you are modifying. A lot of the fellas went with the highest, a 22. I went with a 20 and am happy. Also, if you pistol has a round hammer (pre-1973) you might want to get a trigger spring from Norm. The earlier trigger springs were know to break and they made them heavier in the updated guns (after 1972).

littlebearguns · Post by **littlebearguns** » December 18th, 2008, 4:40 pm

thanks Dave, I am a Gun Dealer and got this one from J&G yesterday and the lady who wanted it was very disappointed in it so I guess i will keep it myself and put the new spring in maybe the 20, I will ask Norm for one, I appreciat the quick answer because i was just about to get a RMA # from J&G and send it back. this has a date of 1976 on it. LB

davebaird · Post by **davebaird** » December 18th, 2008, 5:27 pm

You won't have any trouble selling the gun yourself if you desire to. They are drying-up as you probably know. I may have confused you on the springs a little. I'll clarify:

1. Since your pistol is a 1976, you will not need a new heavier trigger spring from Norm. The gun already has one.
2. If you go with a new hammer and recoil spring, you'll have to go to www.gunsprings.com for those. I went with a 20 hammer and 20 recoil, but most fellas seem to like a 19 hammer and 22 recoil.

Dave

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