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So, I have a couple of CZ pistols - a P-01 Omega and a new P-09C Nocturne (which is really a P-07). Like all stock CZs straight from the factory, the triggers were good but not great, and I'm too impatient to wait for the mechanisms to wear in. MCARBO's claim is that their kit will give you around a 50% reduction in trigger weight for both DA and SA.
I'm always really reluctant to take tools to a gun, especially when the tool is a Dremel, because I really don't want to replace parts that I've screwed up because I'm an idiot with sausage fingers, but I watched the videos they put out that encourage people like me to get that rotary tool out and what you CAN do to improve your actions - where to polish - where NOT to polish etc.
The kit arrives - a bunch of springs, the mandatory replacement roll-pin for the firing pin (CZ nerds will understand) , a couple of felt cones for the Dremel, a tiny tub of Flitz cream, some 1000 grade SiC paper. Stripped the P-01 down, started polishing, got Flitz all over the TV screen, got roasted by the wife, cleaned up and rebuilt the gun using the new parts.
Got it on a trigger weight gauge, and the trigger pull had reduced to maybe 65% of the factory weight (can't remember, exactly, but it was significant) - action was far smoother - dry fire got me excited to take the sucker to the range. Most polishing done with the Flitz, very little with the SiC paper and no SiC ANYWHERE near the sear. Don't forget the feed ramp while you're there.
Off to River Bend to try it out. REALLY nice, All functions were fine, except light strikes - about 10% of the primers wouldn't ignite first time.
According to MCARBO, the standard hammer spring is 20lb and the replacement they provide is 15lb, and they don't supply intermediate-weight springs. The response from MCARBO support is that I could put the original 20lb back in, or experiment with an intermediate weight (or, if the gun is just a range toy, accept the light strikes - after all, it'll help me deal with F2Fs under stressful conditions!). Their support noted that any of those solutions will resolve the problem and no other spring replacement would be necessary.
So, online to Wolff and buy a $12 'Intermediate spring kit' which is a set of 16#,17#, 18# and 19# springs so I can experiment.
So, not perfect - because they weren't psychic and provided the "wrong" weight hammer spring - but overall, a very manageable rainy day project if you have a hammer-fired pistol you want to give a little love to.
I'd recommend anyone who's just a bit mechanical to consider doing this - after you've watched one of the MCARBO how-to videos.
So, all-up cost to me was $42 plus tax and shipping for the MCARBO kit and the new Wolff springs. Once I get them I'll go off to the range and come back with a report on which hammer spring I ended up with.
I did the same work on the Nocturne, but I haven't range tested it yet. Worst thing that happens is that I'll have to swap out the hammer spring on that one too.
So, I have a couple of CZ pistols - a P-01 Omega and a new P-09C Nocturne (which is really a P-07). Like all stock CZs straight from the factory, the triggers were good but not great, and I'm too impatient to wait for the mechanisms to wear in. MCARBO's claim is that their kit will give you around a 50% reduction in trigger weight for both DA and SA.
I'm always really reluctant to take tools to a gun, especially when the tool is a Dremel, because I really don't want to replace parts that I've screwed up because I'm an idiot with sausage fingers, but I watched the videos they put out that encourage people like me to get that rotary tool out and what you CAN do to improve your actions - where to polish - where NOT to polish etc.
The kit arrives - a bunch of springs, the mandatory replacement roll-pin for the firing pin (CZ nerds will understand) , a couple of felt cones for the Dremel, a tiny tub of Flitz cream, some 1000 grade SiC paper. Stripped the P-01 down, started polishing, got Flitz all over the TV screen, got roasted by the wife, cleaned up and rebuilt the gun using the new parts.
Got it on a trigger weight gauge, and the trigger pull had reduced to maybe 65% of the factory weight (can't remember, exactly, but it was significant) - action was far smoother - dry fire got me excited to take the sucker to the range. Most polishing done with the Flitz, very little with the SiC paper and no SiC ANYWHERE near the sear. Don't forget the feed ramp while you're there.
Off to River Bend to try it out. REALLY nice, All functions were fine, except light strikes - about 10% of the primers wouldn't ignite first time.
According to MCARBO, the standard hammer spring is 20lb and the replacement they provide is 15lb, and they don't supply intermediate-weight springs. The response from MCARBO support is that I could put the original 20lb back in, or experiment with an intermediate weight (or, if the gun is just a range toy, accept the light strikes - after all, it'll help me deal with F2Fs under stressful conditions!). Their support noted that any of those solutions will resolve the problem and no other spring replacement would be necessary.
So, online to Wolff and buy a $12 'Intermediate spring kit' which is a set of 16#,17#, 18# and 19# springs so I can experiment.
So, not perfect - because they weren't psychic and provided the "wrong" weight hammer spring - but overall, a very manageable rainy day project if you have a hammer-fired pistol you want to give a little love to.
I'd recommend anyone who's just a bit mechanical to consider doing this - after you've watched one of the MCARBO how-to videos.
So, all-up cost to me was $42 plus tax and shipping for the MCARBO kit and the new Wolff springs. Once I get them I'll go off to the range and come back with a report on which hammer spring I ended up with.
I did the same work on the Nocturne, but I haven't range tested it yet. Worst thing that happens is that I'll have to swap out the hammer spring on that one too.
