Hi-Power noob with spring ?'s

[Hawk]

Just got my new Hi-power to the range today. I was surprised by how nice the trigger was after all the horror stories. 'Taint no STI, but it's pretty servicable. I'd go so far as to say it's breaks cleaner and lighter than a totally "lawyered up" 1911. My SA loaded comes to mind (which isn't quite as nice as a series 80 Colt it shares the safe with).

No offense to either the barristers or SA afficianados in the crowd.

Anyhow, that Hi-Power hammer spring is, well, memorable if not spectacular. I'll have a thumb like Charles Atlas by week's end - or learn how to rack the slide on a dropped hammer without taking out a 1/4 pound of meat from my finger - betcha there wasn't much problem with ignition with this design.

Anyhow, if I've learned nothing else from Tuner, it's the importance of balance, or at least recognizing that changing one thing mucks with a bunch of other things.

So - the question: If I drop what Wolff says is a factory standard 32 pound (!?) hammer spring to, say, 26 pounds should I bump the recoil spring from 17 to 18.5 pounds to compensate for the reduced hammer resistance in recoil?

Or just suck it up and learn to embrace slide racking and thumb cocking as part of an excercise program?

Thanks!

 

[Wildalaska]

Suck it up

WildgettoughAlaska

 

[BEARMAN]

The hi-power should be cocked and locked or loaded mag in gun , hammer down on an empty chamber your choice, in either case there is no reason to thumb cock the hammer. Just my way of doing it, yours may be different.

 

[Hawk]

there is no reason to thumb cock the hammer

In normal operation you're right. I noticed the spring thumb-cocking for dry fire, which resulted in the thing being passed around the room with the comment "hey! check out this hammer spring, dude"

Suck it up

Agreed - I'm learning to like this thing on it's own terms. So, how 'bout a GB on the polished blue version sometime?