Alfa Proj Triggers.
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With the stock mainspring I found mine to be quite heavy. Certainly a few pounds heavier than a stock S&W.
Switching to the Rusty Wood spring reduced the DA pull remarkably. Made it more like a Wolff tuned S&W.
I've had mine for a couple of years now. I bought it when the current run first started coming in. They may well have reduced the mainspring weight from the factory in that time period.
Switching to the Rusty Wood spring reduced the DA pull remarkably. Made it more like a Wolff tuned S&W.
I've had mine for a couple of years now. I bought it when the current run first started coming in. They may well have reduced the mainspring weight from the factory in that time period.
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Hello BCrider, my reduced power spring misfires CCI primers. Does your rusty wood spring work with CCIs?
BTW, I got my AP 9mm from Willie, I believe you know each other and you may be familiar with my AP.
BTW, I got my AP 9mm from Willie, I believe you know each other and you may be familiar with my AP.
Actually mine started doing that recently too. Up to now I haven't cleaned the action part of the gun since I originally installed the spring. So I was going to start there and make sure there was only a slight amount of light oil around the hammer. If it still has the same problem with CCI's then I'm going to try putting in the preload washers that came with the spring for exactly this sort of tuning. If that doesn't help I'm going to ask Rusty for a replacement so we can test the old used one and a new one for signs of the used one softening with use. But I know that when I first got the spring it was fine with CCI primers and I used it for a few speed steel matches and it never missed a beat. Stay tuned and stay in touch.
Interesting. I wonder if the lighter spring kit was not made from quality materials? I'll have to take my 9261 out to the range and see if it's still working ok. Are you using the OEM moon clips or the new Ranch Products one? The Ranch are a little thinner at .030 vs the OEM ones at .035. That could be contributing to light strikes as well.
The Proj Alpha triggers respond very well to a bit of trigger work. I did some stoning and polishing and got a nice smooth DA trigger pull (I left the SA sear/trigger surfaces alone). There is also an adjustment for the trigger return spring that will lighten your trigger pull too. I posted some pics and videos of the internals in this review https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/for...ew-Updated-with-Picks-of-the-Trigger-Mechisms
It should not matter, At worst the thinner clips will just mean that the rounds headspace off the chamber front lips like they would if you shoot the gun with no moon clips. And I never had an issue with that early on either.
I actually like the idea of the thinner clips if the rounds are a hair more loose in the clip. A loose clip is more tolerant of slight bends in it where a slight bend in the OEM clips causes the bundle to jam slightly and require a firm press into place so the cylinder can close. Had a couple like that and it took some careful eyeballing to straighten them back to dead nutz flat.
As I said I used mine quite a bit the first 5 or 6 months then moved on to other guns for a while. I only ran into this light strike issue when a fellow wanted to try a revolver for an IDPA match and I offered to let him try the AP. He went away liking the revolver idea but probably not so taken with AP due to the spring issue.
You are right BCRider. I just check my 9261 and both the OEM and Ranch moonclips float a little bit when loaded and chambered in the cylinder.
I did the same, tinkering with it for the first 6 months or so, but the expensive moon clips (when I could find them) relegated the 9261 to a range toy. I ended up getting a S&W 625 for for IPSC, and now that 6+ minor is allowed, I've moved on to 929's.
Alfa Proj Mdl 3561 .357 S/S, 6" barrel. Factory trigger sucked, D/A pull was almost 11 pounds with a lot of creep, and the single action was darned near 8 pounds.
The LGS where I got the revolver put a Rusty Wood trigger kit in it while I was on vacation, and it is much better - 6 pounds double action and about 3.5 lbs single action. I did notice some light strikes on factory ammo, and a couple of FTF's on single action, so now reloading with Federal primers for both 38 spl (SPP's) and with SMPP's for .357, no FTF's so far on either single or double.
O.N.G.
The LGS where I got the revolver put a Rusty Wood trigger kit in it while I was on vacation, and it is much better - 6 pounds double action and about 3.5 lbs single action. I did notice some light strikes on factory ammo, and a couple of FTF's on single action, so now reloading with Federal primers for both 38 spl (SPP's) and with SMPP's for .357, no FTF's so far on either single or double.
O.N.G.
I have a blued steel 6" with 22lr and 22wmr cylinders. In double action with 22wmr I was getting a lot of misfires (50%). This condition was not evident in single action and I assume that is because in single action the hammer is released from a farther cocked position. This exact condition was seen buy a CGN member from PEI with an aluminum model. I had planned on a Rusty Wood reduced spring kit. Obviously I did go that route but had to do the opposite. I ended up placing a washer under the hammer spring in the grip to increase the spring pressure. The misfires went away. The increase of spring pressure isn't noticeable in single action but the already heavy double action is slightly affected.
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