You can lighten the striker/hammer and get even more with no power loss Outstanding where it's at to be sure !!
Mel is this a rifle or carbine? I have a carbine S510 and after getting a BSA S10 thats regulated I have been wanting to regulate my S510. The results look great.
Quote from: LDP on July 21, 2015, 09:11:16 PMMel is this a rifle or carbine? I have a carbine S510 and after getting a BSA S10 thats regulated I have been wanting to regulate my S510. The results look great.Dang LDP, I was hoping you'd jumped on that project first but your dragging your feet. I'm just waiting on the Lane reg for my carbine so keep your fingers crossed. I think it'll be great. I love the size of the carbine but 22-23 shots at 3% ES aint too good.jk
Quote from: Motorhead on July 21, 2015, 03:23:09 PMYou can lighten the striker/hammer and get even more with no power loss Outstanding where it's at to be sure !!Scott, my regulator should be here any day and hope to get started on it right away. Whats the skinny on lightening the hammer vs a lighter hammer spring energy? I took my factory spring out and was going to try and find one today that was either a little shorter or the same length but weaker. I'm also going to weigh my hammer this evening and get a base number incase going with a lighter hammer is a better option. Which leads to the next question, how much lighter to start with and can it be turned with a lathe? jk
Quote from: Jking on July 22, 2015, 01:08:52 PMQuote from: Motorhead on July 21, 2015, 03:23:09 PMYou can lighten the striker/hammer and get even more with no power loss Outstanding where it's at to be sure !!Scott, my regulator should be here any day and hope to get started on it right away. Whats the skinny on lightening the hammer vs a lighter hammer spring energy? I took my factory spring out and was going to try and find one today that was either a little shorter or the same length but weaker. I'm also going to weigh my hammer this evening and get a base number incase going with a lighter hammer is a better option. Which leads to the next question, how much lighter to start with and can it be turned with a lathe? jkTakes Carbide tooling, but you turn the tail end of hammer to diameter of the poppet contact surface forward just shy of Sear holding flange. This removes @ 1/4+% of the hammer weight.Dwell is reduced, ample strike energy still present for the reduced operating pressure guns is shooting at under regulation.
These are NOT my photos, but where I learned of this from another forums posting on said subject.The smaller diameter is where spring shoulders. Larger end which is what contacts valve poppet stem gets reduced to the diameter that is required to still contact stem.* Compare a factory hammer to photos and it will become very obvious whats been removed