First time out with my new Model P in .44 Special, a dozen out of the first 50 rounds fired did not ignite, showing light primer strikes. They eventually went off when I tried two or three times. Very strange and troubling. I sent an email to Cimarron explaining the issue and asking what the hammer spring weight might be with the thought of buying and installing a heavier Wolff spring. Here was the reply:
"Your email has been received by the orders department this morning and has been forwarded to me. First, I want to thank you for being an owner of one of our Cimarron Firearms. I'm sorry to hear that you are having an issue with the light strikes. It sounds like that the issue is going to be with the transfer bar.
As for the weight on the factory mainspring, I personally do not know that off hand!! The gunsmith advised that the "WOLFF SPRINGS" have different weights.
I talked to our gunsmith and he suggested that you take it back out and shoot it again, but when pulling the trigger, keep your finger on the trigger and pull it all the way back. He is saying that your gun is a Model P, it will have the transfer bar in it and that the trigger has to be pulled all the way back so it can engage.
Please try that and then email or give me a call to let me know what it does!!"
Well, I took it back to the range and attempted to focus on the trigger and did manage to reduce the light strikes to about one in 20. But I have never had a single action revolver where pulling the trigger and dropping the hammer was "not good enough." Has anyone else experienced this with a recent Model P?
When it was working, I found my .44 Russian loads to be more accurate than my .44 Specials. Love the Russian!