Vito Kingsnake Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I'm considering installing a Wolff reduced power firing pin spring into my G22 I shot Ipsc with. On glockmeister.com they say that when combined with a 3.5 lbs. connector the trigger break pull will be around 3.375 lbs. Is their any down side? Will this increase the chance of a light strick or mis-fire? Right now I'm still using factory loads. Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chp5 Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Will this increase the chance of a light strick or mis-fire? Yes it will. Many people like them. I do not. You can clip off a coil from the factory spring and still get great ignition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vito Kingsnake Posted May 20, 2004 Author Share Posted May 20, 2004 Awesome idea Cy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Glock Racing Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 If you set up a gun right they work great. They can lead to light strike as they have less force than factory so they will have more problems with high primers. That being said I use them in most of my guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Cy seats his primers with his thumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Religious Shooter Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I've had 100% ignition with FSP with the Wolf reduced spring. I'd shot about 800 rounds with WSR before switching to FSP. I still had 100% ignition with the WSR. Of course, YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chp5 Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Cy seats his primers with his thumb. True, true . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vito Kingsnake Posted May 20, 2004 Author Share Posted May 20, 2004 Maybe I give it a try. Being new, Glocks seem pretty easy to work on.(I did the install on the 3.5lbs. connector.) Is this something easy to install. Or should I have a pro do the install? It sure would be a lot easier to experiment if I could do it myself. What should I look out for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chp5 Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Do it yourself. Look at GLockmeister.com for tech instructions and don't lose the little spring caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 If you need to order some parts anyway, order spare spring cups. Ordering spare parts is a good thing.... in case you get overenthusiastic with a dremel. Giving everything a good polish where ever metal touches metal, will go a long way toward making a smoother trigger pull... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KossiKenguru Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Well, I went the clipping way. I had a spare striker spring (original part) for my G17, so I had the courage to shorten the spring few coils at time. First I took off about two coils and shot about 1000 rounds (S&B, Magtech and Lapua) without any hickups. After gradual clipping and shooting I ended up with a spring about 2 centimeters (almost fourth !) shorter than the original one. With that shortie spring I shot about three thousand rounds (again various factory loads) without any clicks before I replaced it with the spare to meet the trigger pull requirements of the production division. I thought that shorter spring would be too failure prone and did not clip any more. My spring still has enough lenght to keep those spring cups pressed in place. Shorter spring would not be precompressed with the spring cups and that would surely yield to problems. Shortening the spring reduces the trigger weight dramatically. Together with polishing and lighter connector it gets very acceptable, though the lenght of pull will still be miles. I did not have any failures with my experiences but can not give any guarantees If you reload your ammo and do not seat primers well you'll run into problems with the lighter hitting strike. Magtech (CBC) is known to have very thin walled primers but also S&B performed 100% reliably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Weidhaas Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 I run a wolf reduced power striker spring, lighting strike Ti striker and plunger. I like the feel and so far so good with this set up and my handloads using WSP primers. I tried the cut striker spring route before going to the wolf reduced power striker spring and experienced an infrequent failure to fire. I tried a little longer spring and got the same result. No problems since going with the WRP striker spring. Knock on wood.......... Nick- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the duck of death Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 I use only WSP primers with a reduced striker spring and have had 100% reliability for many thousands of rounds. My triger pull is a measured 2.5lbs. Note: you can't get this light a trigger pull with only a 3.5 & a lighter striker spring but it's a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRT Driver Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 Seconding D of D. My G34 is around 2.75 with Wolff reduced striker spring and many K down range. Every factory 9mm load I could find over the last 6 years works. Currently, 135 PF reloads consist of N320 and WSP with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric nielsen Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 No problems with the 4lb Wolff spring that Charlie Vanek put in my gun. First 200 or so rounds thru that were WSR primers, everything since (8000rds) is FSP. Zero misfires. 22oz break. V-A-N-E-K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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