Reduced hammer tension

[madcratebuilder]

I'm reading several threads about thinning hammer springs to reduce hammer tension and trigger pull.  Does reducing the hammer tension ever cause a problem with caps being blow back into the hammer channel on the frame?  I've done this before but it seemed to me to give me a lot of hammer blow back.  Did I go to far?

[Bull Schmitt]

Caps should not get back into the hammer channel because of the narrow slot in the frame that the hammer nose goes through . Colt type revolvers have a much wide opening for the hammer nose and caps can fall into the hammer channel on them.

YMMV.

[Pettifogger]

The answer to your question is YES.  It doesn't matter if you have a Ruger, Remington, or Colt, if the spring pressure is to light fragments can and will get blown back into the action or get stuck in the frame opening.  Rugers and Remingtons can tolerate a little less spring pressure than a Colt, but they will still experience problems with light springs.

[madcratebuilder]

Thanks Pettifogger.  I have noticed that my revolvers with heavier hammer springs do have fewer cap problems.  I have two replica open tops that have light hammers and I'm always fighting caps.  I think I well make new springs for them.  Do you have a preferable material for making hammer springs?  I think I have a broken Walker spring, that may be a good donor part.

[Preach N. Mann]

Reducing the hammer tension may not be a good idea if you are
shooting black powder, but if you are shooting your Remmy with
a conversion cylinder as I do, it really makes it much easier to cock
the hammer and improves your speed.