Winchester 1866

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I don't have one but I am working on one. After the cleaning and polishing, I was putting it back together and stopped when I came to the trigger return spring. Hmmmmmmmmm. The Lyman digital trigger pull gauge said 3#s and 10oz average for a bunch of pulls. I removed the "steel plate"   and replaced it with a safety pin. I cut off both ends toward the snap end and bent them both to  90 degree angles both  pointing inwards. Life says they won't be exactly even but thats OK. They will fit in the slot in the trigger when they are flat other than one on top of the other.

Holy cow!!!! One pound, consistently. Now let me be clear. I m not advocating that light of a trigger. Just wanted to let you in on a way the right sized wire could give you a better trigger without messsing with the hammer.