Thread: Time to replace the springs in my Shadow?

About every 300 or 400 rounds (or when it looks dirty enough) I do a basic strip and clean, like in the photo but also punch out the extractor. Spray each part and wipe with cloth. Add a bit of sewing machine oil(stolen from the wife's sewing kit).


Just before a match it gets a clean regardless

About every 2000 rounds the sear assembly, grips, mainspring, hammer and trigger(sometimes) comes out and all gets a good clean.

Currently running 124gn Flat nose Frontier projects (from Rusa - best service and prices in the land). 4.1gn of N320. CCI small pistol primmers. Not sure on speed, but will check this over the next week or so before NI champs in September.

Never cleaned brass and they are real dirty! Building a steel pin tumbler at the moment.

Lubing cases with Lyman spray lube (over doing with this I think too).

I have springs, just trying to understand when people change them.