Hammer spring

[r80rt]

Outstanding! The arthritis in my hands can't thank you enough. I really appreciate the kindness.

[BigAl52]

Looks like USPS is having trouble getting the spring to your area. Must be on a crippled horse

[fortyshooter]

Is that the Granger industrial supply company and if so how do you know what spring to use other than length? Interesting!

[r80rt]

Looks like USPS is having trouble getting the spring to your area. Must be on a crippled horse

Haha, yeah maybe Monday. I look forward to getting my hands on it.

[r80rt]

Is that the Granger industrial supply company and if so how do you know what spring to use other than length? Interesting!

https://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=5886

[BigAl52]

Is that the Granger industrial supply company and if so how do you know what spring to use other than length? Interesting!

Its been a while since I went thru all that with the springs Forty but it had to do with the inch pounds of the spring. I take no credit for the research on what worked as I got the info for the springs from another forum that I visit. One of the posters there did the researc for the springs. This spring is 31 inch pounds and the Henry original was over 50 inch pounds. Your thumb would need to be like Hulk Hogans biceps to cock it on a regular basis. Kinda like the hammer spring on the GP-100 I just went thru changing. Yes on your question of it being Granger industrial supply

[5shot]

r80rt

I've got a question. You said this was a later model single shot. Is the box marked V2? Is your gun subject to Henry's recall? I'm asking this after going the Grainger spring route with a pre-recall .44 Mag SS. At 31 lbs I was getting light strikes and misfires and the trigger pull was still awful. I sent it back once and it returned with less creep but still a very heavy hammer and trigger pull. When it was sent back for the recall it came home with a very decent and clean 4lb. trigger and it didn't require gorilla strength to cock the hammer.

Since then I've picked up three more SS's of the V2 version and triggers and hammer pulls are very good on all of them.

[BigAl52]

r80rt

I've got a question. You said this was a later model single shot. Is the box marked V2? Is your gun subject to Henry's recall? I'm asking this after going the Grainger spring route with a pre-recall .44 Mag SS. At 31 lbs I was getting light strikes and misfires and the trigger pull was still awful. I sent it back once and it returned with less creep but still a very heavy hammer and trigger pull. When it was sent back for the recall it came home with a very decent and clean 4lb. trigger and it didn't require gorilla strength to cock the hammer.

Since then I've picked up three more SS's of the V2 version and triggers and hammer pulls are very good on all of them.

Yup mine was sent back also 5Shot and mine is decent for sure. I did all this work on mine before that recall happened. But I never had any light strikes with mine.

[r80rt]

r80rt

I've got a question. You said this was a later model single shot. Is the box marked V2? Is your gun subject to Henry's recall? I'm asking this after going the Grainger spring route with a pre-recall .44 Mag SS. At 31 lbs I was getting light strikes and misfires and the trigger pull was still awful. I sent it back once and it returned with less creep but still a very heavy hammer and trigger pull. When it was sent back for the recall it came home with a very decent and clean 4lb. trigger and it didn't require gorilla strength to cock the hammer.

Since then I've picked up three more SS's of the V2 version and triggers and hammer pulls are very good on all of them.

My rifle was made after the recall and has the dimple in the trigger guard. It has a pretty good trigger but the hammer is hard to cock. I'll let you know how it goes after I change the spring. If it helps that will be great, if not, I can live with the factory spring.

[BigAl52]

The USPS never fails to amaze me at how inefficient they really are. A week ago today I sent this and they told me Friday. Its been sitting in Memphis Tn for about 4 days now with no movement. What a joke they are.

[r80rt]

Memphis is known as the black hole, it's common for that to happen. I do a lot of mail order and things often disappear for days when they get to Memphis. But in general the USPS is slipping badly.

[Mags]

.... But in general the USPS is slipping badly.

That might be a regional thing. USPS is great here.

[r80rt]

Defintely a regional problem, Memphis is notorious for losing packages. I'm lucky if one arrives on time.

[r80rt]

Well the spring arrived today and I wasted no time getting it put in. Cocking the hammer is now easy as it should be, much better on my thumb. I stepped out of the shop and fired 15 rounds flawlessly, and I use small rifle primers in my 357 loads. To my surprise this rifle did not have two nested springs, only the larger one and the plunger is made of white plastic, I would have expected steel. Thank you Al, I appreciate your help very much. This is a very nice improvement!

[BigAl52]

Good to hear. Always glad to help out a fellow shooter if I can.

[daytime dave]

Excellent results from great forum members! Kudos Al.

[5shot]

That's great news! My only spring experience was on a pre-recall model and it didn't go well. Glad to hear the issue is solved. Good work Al52.

[r80rt]

It worked out very well, I very happy with the spring change and I appreciate AL very much for his help.

[Hickok]

My new Henry Single Shot 30-30 just purchased in 2025 has a very good trigger. The test firing card included say Dec 04 2024.

I took the rifle apart, and it has one hammer spring and the white plastic retainer for the spring. On my trigger scale, the pull is 3 to 3 1/4 pounds.

I used a Leupold scope base with low rings to set a Leupold fixed power scope nice and low,...it clears the hammer and hammer extension nicely. Fixed power scopes are getting rare. All my variable powder scope have too big of an eye piece/power ring and would need higher mounting.

Snow drifts prevent me from shooting the rifle as of yet.

[Hickok]

Well, I guess I will have to amend my previous post. Finally got to shoot my Henry single shot 30-30. With the Grovtech metal hammer extension on, the rifle would only fire 50 % of the time. With the hammer extension off, it was good for about 9 out of 10.

My rifle is the newer type with one hammer spring. Out of the box, the trigger pull is 3 to 3 1/4 pounds by my trigger gauge.

I took the spring assembly apart, and added a .10" thick washer/shim of proper diameter in the tube that contains the hammer spring. It rests in the bottom of the tube that the stock-bolt threads into....then the spring sets on top of it, and then the plastic cup that the hammer strut connects to.

This brought my trigger pull up 8 oz/1/2 pound...now it is 3 3/4 lb, give or take. Hopefully, this will help with light primer strikes. Have not got the chance to shoot yet.

I may order some #54MY44 springs, rated 37-38 in lbs. They are pricey for 10 springs!

It seems the weight of the hammer extension greatly affects the primer strikes. Ranger Point Precision has an aluminum hammer spur that should be lighter than the Grov-tech hammer extension. I will also try one of these.

Any advice is welcome.