I have a question to submit to those out there with more knowledge than I on doubles. I recently retired and opened my gunsmithing business as a full time endeavor after 30+ years as a part time effort. In that time my outlook on all repairs and mods is that if you don't learn something when you disassmble a gun, even if you have repaired/modified the same or similar types a thousand times before, you're not paying attention. Which brings me to a job I'm on at present. A customer brought in a Fausti Traditions O/U 12ga. that had a horrible trigger pull. I didn't put the TP tester on it, but I'd estimate 12 - 14 pounds minimum. He brought in his Browning O/U as what he would like the finished product to resemble. Now, my doublegun experience is "long but thin", but I can stone a sear pretty well, and I've been inside a few Brownings. Upon disassembly, I found that the sear springs were VERY heavy. The hammer/sear engagement was ok, but not especially as positive as I'd prefer. I changed the sear springs out for some I made from spring stock I keep on hand. It lessened the pull just a bit, but allowed one or both hammers to drop when closed "smartly" a few times in sucession. I was not surprised at this, but I believe the sears alone, even with their springs removed, should be able to prevent hammer drop or doubling, even with the sear springs removed.(Hammer springs installed, of course). I'm thinking my next step will have to be to start stoning the hammer notch and sear nose to increase their angle of engagement and then stone down the sear nose until I get a positive, reasonable, and safe result. In the opinion of some of the board members with more and varied experience than I , am I headed in the right direction?
Also, is anyone familar with the hair spring on the inerta trigger? I need advice on how heavy it should act on the rocking block safety.To make matters worse, I don't think I'm the first one in this action, and I believe this is something they messed with. Thanks for any insight anyone can give me on this. "It's a learning experience"
