The Miculek Hole

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S&W owners are frequently vexed by the hammer spring screw backing off, resulting in light primer strikes. Not even Loc Tite seems to hold it in place.

Looking at one of my revolvers equipped with Miculek grips, there is hole in the front of the grip that provides access to the screw. You aren't even conscious of it when shooting the gun.

So, a few minutes work with a Dremel bit produced an access hole in the Hogue rubber grips that came on my latest, a Pro Series 686-6. Now I can keep tabs on the screw.

I've got a set of Altamont wood grips coming for the gun and now I know how to alter them.
 
I thought it was the point?

Sharps '74 said:
S&W owners are frequently vexed by the hammer spring screw backing off, resulting in light primer strikes. Not even Loc Tite seems to hold it in place.
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With Loctite you wouldn't need access to the screw unless something's wrong with the revolver, in which case disassembly would be required anyways.

To each their own I guess...
 
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I’m assuming here that Sharps is talking about strain screw backing off due to using it to lighten double action? With the spring set Miculek sells you adjust strain screw to where it will set off primers then either grind it or another down to that setting and tightened fully. Seeing as we can only shoot things at a range having that hole and using strain screw to adjust double action to lighten trigger who cares if it comes loose and has to be tightened back up.
However if one was allowed to have a carry gun then I would not be having that strain screw anywhere but tightly screwed all the way in.
 
Reeferman said:
I’m assuming here that Sharps is talking about strain screw backing off due to using it to lighten double action? With the spring set Miculek sells you adjust strain screw to where it will set off primers then either grind it or another down to that setting and tightened fully. Seeing as we can only shoot things at a range having that hole and using strain screw to adjust double action to lighten trigger who cares if it comes loose and has to be tightened back up.
However if one was allowed to have a carry gun then I would not be having that strain screw anywhere but tightly screwed all the way in.
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Gee, someone who actually gets it! Refreshing.

S&Ws come with the strain screw firmly cranked own. Once loosened, they become a PITA thereafter.
 
Sharps '74 said:
Gee, someone who actually gets it! Refreshing.

S&Ws come with the strain screw firmly cranked own. Once loosened, they become a PITA thereafter.
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I got it right from the beginning since I bend my own mainsprings and set my own strain screw tension. What you didn't get was that Loctite, when properly applied, has never failed to hold that setting making your "Miculek hole" practically useless. In my opinion the "Miculek hole" only makes sense if for some strange reason someone wanted to constantly change the tension. It might also make initial setup a little easier.

At the end of the day it's a hole in a grip, not exactly earth shattering stuff.
 
[QUOTEWhat you didn't get was that Loctite, when properly applied, has never failed to hold that setting making your "Miculek hole" practically useless. In my opinion the "Miculek hole" only makes sense if for some strange reason someone wanted to constantly change the tension. It might also make initial setup a little easier.

At the end of the day it's a hole in a grip, not exactly earth shattering stuff.[/QUOTE]

What were you expecting? Who claimed it to be "earth shattering stuff"? 'Sides, it was Jerry Miculek's idea, not mine, and it allows a shooter to monitor the strain screw.

Have a nice rest of the day .... or not.

If that isn't an issue for you, I'm happy for you.
 
4n2t0 said:
I got it right from the beginning since I bend my own mainsprings and set my own strain screw tension. What you didn't get was that Loctite, when properly applied, has never failed to hold that setting making your "Miculek hole" practically useless. In my opinion the "Miculek hole" only makes sense if for some strange reason someone wanted to constantly change the tension. It might also make initial setup a little easier.

At the end of the day it's a hole in a grip, not exactly earth shattering stuff.
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When I was testing combinations of various primers, firing pins, and hammers (stock vs Apex), I found it very handy to put that hole in a spare Hogue grip. I would gradually increase the tension on my tuned main spring until I could get consistent firing of primers, measure the trigger pull weight. Yep, I like to tinker. That's half the fun of revolvers! :)
 
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