TDH Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Is it common for limited guns to have light strikes with stock springs/firing pin? I've got a limited and the only modification is a henning flat trigger. All the springs are what came in the gun. I've shot two matches with it and have had a couple light strikes with Winchester primers. I don't think it's the ammo since I check for high primers and have never had an issue shooting 9's or 45's with my 1911s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmbaccolyte Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I'd change the main/hammer spring. If that didn't fix it, I'd try a new firing pin or one of the longer aftermarket replacement firing pins. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessy Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Is it common for limited guns to have light strikes with stock springs/firing pin? I've got a limited and the only modification is a henning flat trigger. All the springs are what came in the gun. I've shot two matches with it and have had a couple light strikes with Winchester primers. I don't think it's the ammo since I check for high primers and have never had an issue shooting 9's or 45's with my 1911s. I don't know if it's COMMON, but the ONE modification I always make with my limited guns, is a henning firing pin and removing the firing pin block. With a reduced hammer spring, and the henning firing pin, I can use cci RIFLE primers with no problem in limited 40. It's an easy fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealio Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 You probably have the over travel set to tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDH Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 Trigger over travel would effect hammer energy? Are you thinking that the sear isn't getting out of the way and could cause drag on the hammer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 the sear isn't getting out of the way and could cause drag on the hammer? That's one possibility, before you change anything, hold the trigger to the rear and thumb the hammer cowboy style back and forth, can to feel the hammer hooks touching the sear? If so dial out the over travel screw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealio Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Trigger over travel would effect hammer energy? Are you thinking that the sear isn't getting out of the way and could cause drag on the hammer? Yes. This happens to people frequently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDH Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 Just following up with this. My hammer was dragging on the sear. Backed the over travel off and everything seems to clear now. Still need to shoot it to verify but this was likely the cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habba8 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I'm using a 14lb hammer spring with the XL Henning pin, cut three coils from the FP spring (read it somewhere) and I still have a light strike occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habba8 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Will give the above suggestions a try, or go back to the original hammer spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealio Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) Yeah check that overtravel or anything else that would cause drag on the hammer or firing pin. A 14lb and a Henning pin should be more than enough to ignite any primer I know of. Also look and see if you are fully in battery when your light strikes occur. That can be another cause. Edited February 17, 2015 by Nealio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habba8 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I pulled back on the over travel. The hammer seems to be "dragging" on the sear when it drops. Possible cause? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealio Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I pulled back on the over travel. The hammer seems to be "dragging" on the sear when it drops. Possible cause? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habba8 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Plastic grips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habba8 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Settled the light strikes so far by backing out the overtravel. So far. Thanks for the tip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggMike Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Is it common for limited guns to have light strikes with stock springs/firing pin? I've got a limited and the only modification is a henning flat trigger. All the springs are what came in the gun. I've shot two matches with it and have had a couple light strikes with Winchester primers. I don't think it's the ammo since I check for high primers and have never had an issue shooting 9's or 45's with my 1911s. I don't know if it's COMMON, but the ONE modification I always make with my limited guns, is a henning firing pin and removing the firing pin block. With a reduced hammer spring, and the henning firing pin, I can use cci RIFLE primers with no problem in limited 40. It's an easy fix. +1 on this. I usually don't use the reduced hammer spring. I like to keep the trigger around 3-4 lbs, it a personal thing for me. Super light triggers scare me a little nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPostman Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I would still buy a Henning XL firing pin since it is cheap insurance ($25) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerBaron Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Another possibility is dragging on the fpb. Since you're in limited you can remove it. I would. It's useless for anything other than causing an occasional light strike... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessy Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I'm using a 14lb hammer spring with the XL Henning pin, cut three coils from the FP spring (read it somewhere) and I still have a light strike occasionally. I run a 14 lb hammer spring and a henning XL firing pin in my limited gun. I've never gotten a light primmer strike, and I use RIFLE primers in my 40 major loads. It's probably your over-travel screw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealio Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Another possibility is dragging on the fpb. Since you're in limited you can remove it. I would. It's useless for anything other than causing an occasional light strike... As far as I can tell, the firing pin hits the FPB even when its disengaged. Every single "stock" gun I've looked at has a shiny spot on the FPB where it engages the firing pin. I've taken 2 different stock guns and "fit" that FPB so the firing pin is completely free moving when the FPB is disengaged. The primer strikes were so deep I had to clip some coils off the hammer spring. I was afraid the pin was going to pierce the primer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerBaron Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 hmm, that is possible. But I personally don't think it's any kind of firing pin overtravel stop. I think it hitting is what causes some light strikes from time to time. I know a few guys who got rid of their light strike issues after binning the FPB. it's rubbish anyway. The only way I could see it stopping a drop fire is if somehow the hammer hooks sheared off or the sear blade broke so that the sear stayed in place but the hammer fell. in that case it would (maybe) work. in all other drop fire situations where the sear moved off the hooks it would release the FPB and allow the gun to fire. I removed it on my eric custom/gold team and noticed no massive increase in firing pin strike but did notice doing 10 'pencil tests' in a row they were more consistent in how high the pencil went. Sadly since in IPSC production you cannot remove it it's still present in my stock II but like you I had a good look at it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayougump Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I took the FPB out, put a Henning XL FP in and run the EG medium hammer spring and light FP spring and have had no light strikes using Feds and Winchesters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prov1x Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 When taking apart the limited frame, trigger-hammer-sear-etc, is there anything that is completely different than the stock 2 or 3? Just from looking at it, they look almost identical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 The same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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