Remington repros hard to cock?

[Pistolero]

Hello all,
I have owned several '73 Colts and '75 Remingtons over the years, and own an Uberti '73 Colt now. I prefer the '75 Remingtons but I have not owned a Remington in some years. The other day I was at a gun store and handled both the Remington '58 .44 C & B and the '75 Remington. It seemed to me that they were stiff and hard to cock. I have noticed that on several that I have handled over the last couple of years. But it seems that the three '75 Remingtons I owned a few years ago were not that hard to cock. What gives? Are they just made with springs too strong now or something? I am thinking of getting me another '75 Remington amd ,aybe even the '58 Rem cap and ball. But That stiffness and hard to cock thing is sort of aggrevating to me. Any ideas or advice?
Thanks
Pistolero
Alabama

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

Howdy Pistolero 

            I just bought two Remington 1875's and I had the same impression about the stiff and hard to pull back hammer spring, I was told, I could get the reduced or lighter hammer spring for $18.00 per gun , and they would install them for me while waited the 10 days, so I got the first gun back , and it's beautiful , the hammer is smooth and easy, you can get these reduced springs from   www.vtigunparts.com

                                 I hope this will help you in your decision, these Remi's are great guns


                                                          tEN wOLVES 

[Deadeye Don]

You can buy the main spring yourself and install it or sand it down like some pards have done.  Personally,  I bought one and it works great.  I can easily cock the 1875 with one hand now.  Uberti hired this guy named Mongo a few years back and he has been in charge of making springs since then.   I think he has also been in charge of screw tightening.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

You can buy the main spring yourself and install it or sand it down like some pards have done.  Personally,  I bought one and it works great.  I can easily cock the 1875 with one hand now.  Uberti hired this guy named Mongo a few years back and he has been in charge of making springs since then.   I think he has also been in charge of screw tightening.

     Thats a good one Don , and it might be true'er than you'd think, but the new spring does make it 99% better than the spring that comes with the gun , I'd say it's the only way to go if'en you want to keep your thumb.


                                                                              tEN wOLVES 

[Pistolero]

Ha! That is funny about the guy in charge of spriings and screws. I have an Uberti 1873 colt with 5 1/2" bl.. My screws loosen up with just handling and cocking here and there. If I shoot any number of times they will sho'nuff loosen up. One time I was at the local sand and gravel pic shooting and suddenly without warning I heard a "cling" noise and lo and behold there was my ejector rod, spring, housing, and screw all laying in the sand at my feet!  That crap gets aggrevating. I tried locktight and that fixed the probelm.
Pistolero

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

                                         Yea Lock-Tight has been a blessing to a lot of us


                                                              tEN wOLVES 

[Curley Cole]

The springs from sources other than the Mondo Spring and Suspension Company is a huge help, but also the hand position and hammer postion is a lot different from the Colt, and it takes a bit of getting used to...espically if you have smaller hands....

Mondo had pretty good size hands I hear tell....

curley

[sundance44`s]

After I break loose the screws that Mongo tightened up on my guns ..I just put a dab of clear finger nail polish in the screw threads then tighten them back to where I want them . They will stay where I set them and breaking the loose again isn`t a problem with the right screw drivers .
When I first started shooting cap and ball revolvers , the trigger guard screw kept comming out and falling in the grass so often I started carrying a maginet in my gun box so I could find them in the grass.

[Flint]

The Uberti Remington mainsprings are heavy, but for HEAVY, try a Pietta.

I hourglassed the mainsprings and got them down to reasonable.  With a cap & ball Remington, you need more mainspring to ensure popping the caps.  For the 1875, or a converted 58, you can have a much lighter mainspring, which helps everything, including the lifespan of the internal parts.  I replaced the trigger in a pard's Pietta 58 which mainspring was so heavy it chipped the back off the sear.  I also replaced and tuned his mainspring.