Picked up a 30-30 - Added Trigger Job Update

[BigAl52]

Great shooting looks like you have it dialed in. Nice to see more and more SS shooters here.

[Yornoc3]

That looks like you have right where you want it. Good to know that it likes the Hornady 160 grain Leverevolution ammo, too .

[MJ151]

Over on Castboolites there is a 17 page discussion on trigger weight and how to fix it. Seems like replacing the main spring with either a 31# or 38# and potentially removing the second smaller spring all together has resulted in 3-3.8# trigger weight. YMMV. I know some have close to 1000 rounds though the rifle with the modified springs.

[JEBar]

I was able to get some more shooting in yesterday. This rifle really likes Hornady Leverevolution 160 grain ammo. I was able to get my Swift 3-9x zeroed at 50 yards which should keep within 1.75” out to 125 yards according to the ballistic calculator I used. That will more than suffice as my deer hunting property only provides shots out to about 90 yards.

that sounds like a great hunting combo .... looking forward to hearing about your hunting with it this fall

[ScottCard]

Over on Castboolites there is a 17 page discussion on trigger weight and how to fix it. Seems like replacing the main spring with either a 31# or 38# and potentially removing the second smaller spring all together has resulted in 3-3.8# trigger weight. YMMV. I know some have close to 1000 rounds though the rifle with the modified springs.

A spring change wouldn’t have worked in my case. There was a machine mark on the sear that was basically serving as a speed bump in my trigger pull.

Beyond that, I am not a fan of changing the main spring on a hunting or self defense firearm for several reasons. I know in the revolver world that changing the main spring can increase potential for light strikes, increase lock time and even reduce velocity. I assume the same could apply to rifles and I don’t want any of those things when Mr Big Buck is in my crosshairs.

[Yornoc3]

While I like to keep everything as "original" as possible, too, there was a marked difference in the weight of trigger pulls between the first two Henry single shots I got my hands on, and the two recent "new models". My early 45-70 and the not much later .243 were OK right out of the box, the 45-70 being surprisingly good. The more recent 30-30 and my Son in Law's .308 trigger pulls were both in excess of rifle weight. How come? I can speculate that Henry may have switched to a heavier spring in order to meet SAAMI drop standards (6 different positions from 4 feet onto a hard surface, if I remember correctly), which is something we've kicked around on this forum in the past. I don't know, and Henry's not sayin', but I think my 30-30 will be just fine with that somewhat lighter main spring. By the way, I left the small spring in place .

[BigAl52]

I also changed the big spring to a 31 lb spring but left the small spring in mine as did some of the guys on CastBoolits. I have not had one misfire because of changing that spring. Mine is a 357 and shoots great.

[ScottCard]

I am not trying to persuade folks to not make spring changes. I have changed springs on many a revolver with very good results. But...I have learned that “going bang” every time is not the only thing to consider when changing the hammer spring.