Traditions Ketucky Pistol Trigger Spring?

[wiscoaster]

If there's one thing that irritates me about the Traditions Kentucky percussion pistol kit, it's the lack of a trigger spring. That thing just dangling there and waving back and forth in the breeze isn't the kind of trigger action I can tolerate. Have any of you guys that have built one of these kits added a trigger spring?

I don't know the correct terminology, so I hope you don't mind me referring to the flat blade inside the trigger plate and part of the trigger as the "trigger bar". In my mind, that's what translates trigger motion to the sear to release the hammer. Here's a quickie line drawing side view of the basic trigger mechanism:

Option #1:

Add a compression coil spring that's hooked to the trigger bar via a small hole drilled into it and which abuts and is compressed by the top of the action cavity:

Option #2:

A spring steel leaf spring that's attached by a srew to the top of the action cavity, compresses against and freely rides along the top of the trigger bar:

Option #3:

I don't know the proper name for this type of spring, but it's got a horizontal coil spring in the middle with two legs, each leg has a right angle bend or "peg"; one leg could sit against and be entrapped by the pivot pin retention screw, with the other leg attached by its peg through a small hole drilled into the trigger bar:

I think that all three options could be made to fit and to not interfere with the sear's activating arm, which basically moves straight up and down when contacted by the trigger bar.

Opinions? Better ideas? Thanks....

 

[kyron4]

Here's what I did, similar to your #3 option. Drilled a hole and added a roll pin and used a piece of spring wire I cut from an old spring and it's held in place by the "clamp". Hopefully the picture explains it better than I did.

 

[wiscoaster]

Here's what I did ...

Ya!!!! I like that a lot. Works, and a whole lot simpler to install. Thanks!!