Four leg sear spring

Gatorshooter · Post by **Gatorshooter** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:43 pm

What is the advantage of the four leg sear spring?

recumbent · Post by **recumbent** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:17 pm

What gun does it go in?

Post by **Bullseye** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:36 am

The four leg sear spring is designed to reduce the chance of trigger bounce when loading a 1911 pistol with a light trigger. Jim Clark invented it and basically it is similar to a standard three pronged sear spring but the center spring has been split into two leafs. The the way it works is one of the split fingers applies pressure to the disconnector while the other one applies tension directly to the trigger bow. Unless you're planning on a very light trigger pull (1.5-2lbs) this part does not offer any advantage over a good quality three pronged sear spring that is adjusted properly.

R,
Bullseye

recumbent · Post by **recumbent** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:49 pm

Thanks, I learned something new, first time I have heard of that.

stork · Post by **stork** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:57 pm

Personally, I'm NOT a fan of the Clark 4 leaf spring. I've had to replace 3 of them in my wad gun over the the last 35000 rounds. They have a tendency to go soft on me. I just replaced my last one. It dropped to 3.0 lbs in less than a year.

Nothing but the 3 leafs from here on out.

FWIW