Posted: 12/31/2010 1:46:11 PM EDT
| Okay, I have a king Cobra and was wanting to know how to go about making the trigger pull lighter. Is it possible to change out the springs to do so and if so where could I get a hold of some? If it's possible to do the springs, will they cause any MF's? I'm going to a firearms instructor class and I would love for it to be a little easier on the pull. Need to put a few hundred rounds through it on top of 500 or so through a semi. |
| Take it to someone that specializes in Colt actions or even send it to the Colt custom shop if they are still working. The King Cobras can be lightened up somewhat by someone that really knows what they are doing but a botch job that is too light will definitely affect durabilty. |
| The King Cobra innards are hard on the surface only. If you go polishing on them, you'll break through the hardness and ruin the gun completely. Changing springs is about all you can do. The trigger will get smoother with use as it breaks in, and that's actually pretty smooth. Combined with the springs you will have a very nice trigger. Any kind of conventional "trigger job" and you'll have a ruined gun. |
|
No way of knowing that.
It's possible whoever did the polish job didn't go too far and ruin anything. The primary thing to watch out for is "Push off". To test for this, cock the hammer and push on the back of the hammer. If the hammer drops, or "pushes off", the hammer and/or trigger is ruined. Note, "moderate" force. Don't push with too much pressure, since you can damage the parts. Just use moderate force to push on the back of the hammer. |
| I installed a spring kit myself in my KC. It was a Wolff kit, you can get it at Midway for about $10. It definitely helped, but you need someone to slick up the action if you really want it to be nice. If you do it yourself, be careful of how sharp the edges are when you take the sideplate off, you can easily cut yourself pretty bad. |
|
Quoted:
I installed a spring kit myself in my KC. It was a Wolff kit, you can get it at Midway for about $10. It definitely helped, but you need someone to slick up the action if you really want it to be nice. If you do it yourself, be careful of how sharp the edges are when you take the sideplate off, you can easily cut yourself pretty bad. Thanks Mark |
|
I had action work done on my King Cobra by Cylinder and Slide in Nebraska. I was stationed in Omaha at the time and had an appointment with Bill Laughridge, the president of Cylinder and Slide prior to the work being done. Bill spent about a half an hour telling me what could be done and the pecularities of the Colt King Cobra. Basically they are very easy to screw up. Have a skilled professional do the work. It's a combination of timing (ratchet work), springs and pollishing to get the best result. He also smoothed and rounded the trigger. The work was not cheap (about $300) when I had it done back in the mid 90's, but the result was a very much improved, smoother and lighter double action and a seriously outstanding single action. Before the work, the trigger was far too heavy and stacked rather badly. Money well spent. Lots of rounds through the weapon with no problems since having the work done. In double action. it is very easy with practice to effectively stage the trigger for more accuracy.
|