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Cost to replace springs in a Hi Power?
penguin
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What should a sprong replacement kit cost and what should be a reasonable price to have the springs replaced for a lighter trigger pull?
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Penguin
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Penguin
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Surfaces need to be polished properly to reduce pull. You can also remove the magazine safety.
The only spring that likely will improve the trigger pull. Is the hammer/mainspring. The improvement will be minimal though. Just went that route with a CZ 75 clone.
As the previous posters noted the improvement requires either a trigger job from a knowledgeable gun smith. Or a aftermarket "drop-in" trigger/hammer. That has had it's hammer/sear interface surfaces, honed and polished for minimun engagement.
https://www.gunsprings.com/BROWNING/1935 (HI POWER)/cID1/mID3/dID5
What should a spring replacement kit cost and what should be a reasonable price to have the springs replaced for a lighter trigger pull?
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Penguin
A kit should be $12.00 to $15.00. It should include the magazine disconnect spring, trigger return, FP spring & mainspring too. I suppose a lighter mainspring & trigger return spring will result in a lighter pull. But unless the mag disconnect pad is polished, sear and sear notch polished the pull will still be creepy.
Replacing springs means removing & replacing the trigger. On the BHPs I've cleaned up I found it to be a PITA drifting out the pin. I'd make sure whomever was doing the work isn't one of those "get a bigger hammer" types but is instead very careful about nicking or marking up the gun.
Taking the gun apart, reassembly and cost of the springs & no other work - I'd say $75.00 is fair.
Denny
I bought a spring pack for 1 of my Hi Powers from Wolff. The recoil spring was way too long.
See my post about replacing the trigger spring in your other thread.