New Ruger Convertible

waco

Springfield, Oregon
Put over 200 rounds of both Colt and ACP rounds through the revolver today. Sights need adjusting as I forgot to bring tools.:embarrassed:
I sized both PC and lubed bullets to .451" and everything cleaned up nice and easy with no leading. It was an awesome day with my brother and a good friend out shooting.
 

Jack Swilling

New Member
I have a couple of those
Really like them
Sending them out to get tuned
Also have a Trunbull Bisley
It too needs to be tuned
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Jack Swilling

New Member
Thanks
Love the Bisleys
Have a small fleet
Really like the unfluted cylinders
Wish Ruger paid more attention to the cylinder diameters
As you have noted
I have one Freedom Arms 97 and it is real tight and uniform
Wish the Rugers were not projects
 

gman

Well-Known Member
Waco,
Your in trouble now! One leads to two then dozens! How fun was it shooting the acp’s? Accurate?
 

waco

Springfield, Oregon
So I just got done installing some new Wolff springs in the Bisley convertible. I put in a 30oz trigger spring and a 14lb hammer spring. Man, what a difference that made. Action is way better and the trigger went from 3 3/4 pounds to 1 3/4 pounds. That's the best $22 I have spent in a long time.
 

462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
So I just got done installing some new Wolff springs in the Bisley convertible. I put in a 30oz trigger spring and a 14lb hammer spring. Man, what a difference that made. Action is way better and the trigger went from 3 3/4 pounds to 1 3/4 pounds. That's the best $22 I have spent in a long time.

Walter,
Is that 14-pound hammer spring a reduced power spring?
I ask because my New Vaquero, bought used, had a reduced power hammer spring (unbeknownst to me) and was experiencing a lot of failures to ignite. A factory weight spring cured the problem.
That said, a reduced power hammer spring works perfectly in my New Model Blackhawk.
Both guns have the poor man's trigger job -- one leg of the trigger spring disconnected.
 
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waco

Springfield, Oregon
Walter,
Is that 14-pound hammer spring a reduced power spring?
I ask because my New Vaquero, bought used, had a reduced power hammer spring (unbeknownst to me) and was experiencing a lot of failures to ignite. A factory weight spring cured the problem.
That said, a reduced power trigger spring works perfectly in my New Model Blackhawk.
Both guns have the poor man's trigger job -- one leg of the trigger spring disconnected.
Yes. Reduced power.
 

Brad

Benevolent Overlord and site owner
Staff member
Federal Primers May be your friend. They have a reputation for easier ignition.
My GP100 has a reduced power spring and it has never failed me. I figure that over 10 K rounds is a fair test.
 

waco

Springfield, Oregon
If I run into issues I’ll just put the stock hammer spring back in. No worries.
 

462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
I edited my last post, from reduced "trigger" spring to reduced "hammer" spring, in the Blackhawk.
To clarify, the Vaquero requires a factory hammer spring, while the Blackhawk works perfectly with a reduced power hammer spring.
Sorry for any confusion.
 

DougGuy

Member
So I just got done installing some new Wolff springs in the Bisley convertible. I put in a 30oz trigger spring and a 14lb hammer spring. Man, what a difference that made. Action is way better and the trigger went from 3 3/4 pounds to 1 3/4 pounds. That's the best $22 I have spent in a long time.

I heartily recommend the 30oz. trigger return spring, but I leave the stock Ruger hammer spring in there. I take the hammer pad down which removes most if not all of the creep, you have a safe trigger that breaks a lot cleaner than stock, and the stock spring has shorter lock time than a reduced spring does.

waco if you have uneven throats, I would have them honed to consistency which in some cases a reamer cannot do, because Ruger cylinders have widely varying hardness and quite often the same cylinder will have throats that ream easier than throats on the other side, because of the variance, and the throats that ream easier will finish larger than the ones that are hard to ream. This is the sole reason I went to the Sunnen hone for cylinder throats, because I could not turn out cylinders with consistent throats with just a reamer and a bit of abrasive to clean up tool marks.

That's a really nice looking Bisley, what does the forcing cone look like?
 
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Brad

Benevolent Overlord and site owner
Staff member
Looks good other than being a bit dirty
I know Waco says nothing but good about how it shoots and that is about that matters in the end