4 Leaf Sear Spring - yay or nay?

[MuayThaiJJ]

Ok, I got my two comp pistols running well. And of course, I need to tinker and find an even better trigger pull.

Does anyone have experience with Clark's 4-leaf sear spring?

 

I'm also going to install the Cammer Hammer on both, will report soon.

thanks!

[ltdmstr]

Your call, but personally, I'd pass on the four leaf spring and the cammer hammer.  You'll be better off with quality parts and proper tools and doing the job the right way.

[Prange]

See above^^^.

 

Harrison Design would be my choice for 1911 parts.

[jcc7x7]

I like clark bbls but dislike the 4 lead spring. 

[Jim Watson]

Had a poster recently taking a Clark 4 leaf sear spring out in favor of conventional.

[MikeBurgess]

2lb trigger pulls are pretty easy with quality parts and regular 3 leg springs, 

that said the cammer hammer may help with you running factory minor ammo, you can probably get close to the same advantages by re-profiling your existing FPS 

[Bill H]

Tried them years ago. Tossed them

[Silver_Surfer]

Messed with a couple when they first came out. Went back to the traditional  spring. 

Edited December 3, 2020 by Silver_Surfer

[Smokecloud]

A friend of mine, who is a competent 1911/2011 smith, prefers them and set up my 2011 with one, years ago (2 1/8 lb).  i had a 3 pack of them and tried to replicate the bends he had, but I could never get them just right, I gave up and took them to him to tune the extra two Clark 4 finger springs so I had them as backups, he had them both done in under 10 minutes and now I have 3 that work for that gun.  Personally though, I can't tune them right, but I have no problem setting up 3 finger springs correctly.  

[rishii]

I used them years ago when they 1st came out for my open gun triggers and they worked fine.  However later on the ones I bought were inconsistent, I’d go thru 3-4 to get 1 tuned right.

now days there are much better options 

[bubbadoc]

As above.  I have used them, or at least tried to use them, on several 1911's.  Inconsistent results

 

Someone working with them all the time can probably make them sing like an angel.  Otherwise, three springs work well in millions of 1911's...

[yigal]

3 or 4 Who needs a headache? Does not use it at all

[cbrussell]

I tried them but went back to 3 leaf. Easier to tune. 

[MuayThaiJJ]

Sticking to 3 leafs..man these things can really affect the tuning with a slight bend. I accidentally bent one of the leaves....trigger reset became all wonky.

[Dranoel]

Been using Clark's 4 finger sear spring in all my guns for more than 25 yrs. They give me a lot more ability to fine tune my triggers and I have never had one fail.

 

Edited December 7, 2020 by Dranoel

[jim vaughan]

The biggest problem with 3 leaf springs is getting one that is long enough on the left hand leaf.

I have many that are too short for STI plastic grips.

[Joe4d]

1 hour ago, jim vaughan said:

The biggest problem with 3 leaf springs is getting one that is long enough on the left hand leaf.

I have many that are too short for STI plastic grips.

Try Wolff brand...  I have an RIA that seemed cut a bit long and a couple springs from my box o parts was too short. Wolff spring worked fine.

[Bill H]

The EGW spring is longer.

[NOSHMJ]

Limcat uses the 4 leaf springs in my Razorcats, so I'd have to think they are good enough..... 

[HOGRIDER]

12 hours ago, jim vaughan said:

The biggest problem with 3 leaf springs is getting one that is long enough on the left hand leaf.

I have many that are too short for STI plastic grips.

These work really well for those frames that may not be exactly to spec..............

 

https://www.egwguns.com/evolved-1911-sear-spring-2-pack

 

[Sarge]

20 minutes ago, HOGRIDER said:

These work really well for those frames that may not be exactly to spec..............

 

https://www.egwguns.com/evolved-1911-sear-spring-2-pack

 

My local smith put an infinity titanium spring in my gun with plastic grip. Longer as well