Wolf Springs

[Frank Iannamico]

Wolf springs is a common update to replace 80-75 year old or so original Reising springs. The new springs may or may not be stiffer than originals when they were new, hard to tell.

Usually an increase in cyclic rate occurs with Wolf springs.

 

I don't shoot my Reising very often, but I took it out the other day and it seemed hard to cock, compared to videos on YouTube where some seemed effortless to cock.

I would replace my cocking bar spring with the original, but its long gone.

 

Thoughts anyone?

[StrangeRanger]

Mine is also extremely hard to cock with the Wolff spring kit in it. I put the full kit in because I was having failure to fire problems with some very hard Argentine berdan primed ammo. The heavier hammer spring solved that problem but I'm not sure the heavier recoil spring added anything to the mix in terms of reliability. Thinking about the way the gun works (as opposed to just throwing "improved" parts at it) the heavier recoil spring probably slows down the opening of the breech and speeds up the closing. Since the opening is the shorter part of the cycle, the net effect is probably a higher ROF - the one thing that most Reising owners complain about.

 

I haven't yet worked out in my head the effect of the heavier recoil spring on durability of the bolt and action bar. I think that it may improve bolt durability by soaking up a bit more of the recoil impulse. If it does though it might also contribute to action bar failures because more of that impulse is necessarily going to be absorbed in the action bar. Like I said, I'm still thinking my way through that one.

Edited June 27, 2020 by StrangeRanger

[heavy artillery]

Mine is also harder to cock with the new spring set. The trigger also has a heavier pull weight. I was going to check with Keystone Arms to see if their retracting springs (they have two separate listings) are lower power/original. I agree with StrangeRanger that you'd have to find a good balance to minimize wear to the bolt and/or action bar.

Edited June 29, 2020 by heavy artillery