Mikul
Member
I've been shooting my .44 Redhawk for a while with the stock 4,000lb spring. I tried using lighter springs from Wolff about a year ago, but I was getting frequent misfires. A friend suggested switching from the Winchester primers I was using to Federal. I tried this out with the 12lb spring and went through 100 rounds with no reliability problems. The 12lb spring was giving me 50% failure with Winchester primers.
I learned an interesting thing during the testing phase. I range 50 cases loaded only with primers through the gun before heading to the range. By just using primers, all of them backed out of their case and would jam the gun up. It seems that the primers only stay in by the force of a loaded cartrige jamming them against the frame.
I learned an interesting thing during the testing phase. I range 50 cases loaded only with primers through the gun before heading to the range. By just using primers, all of them backed out of their case and would jam the gun up. It seems that the primers only stay in by the force of a loaded cartrige jamming them against the frame.