WA Beretta hammer springs?

[Bob the Angry Potato]

After my purchase of two matching Western Arms Beretta Cougars with Airsoft Innovations flow-restrictors installed, I had a quick question for any Cougar owner out there.

 

My slide doesn't always cycle- AI puts it as in warmer temperatures, the propane expands to the point where the hammer isn't strong enough to hit the valve properly. The suggested remedy is a stronger replacement hammer spring.

 

However, flow restrictors are meant for the .45/1911 family, not the Beretta- however, it works with the M8045 Cougar, luckily enough.

 

My question was this-

 

Is it possible to use a different sort of hammer spring in the gun- a stronger one, marginally- and if so, would WA M9 ones be compatible? I'm afraid I don't have a Western Arms M9 and none of the local players have them either to compare.

 

Any info would be great, links and such would be better.

[hkssr20det]

I just purchased a WA M92FS and this thing has a very weak hammer spring. It will actuate a valve with green gas, but I haven't tried it when it is really warm yet. I would like to know if there are aftermarket hammer springs for a 92 as well. I know you can use a recoil spring for a TM or KSC, but can I also use a hammer spring?

[Bob the Angry Potato]

I just purchased a WA M92FS and this thing has a very weak hammer spring.  It will actuate a valve with green gas, but I haven't tried it when it is really warm yet.  I would like to know if there are aftermarket hammer springs for a 92 as well.  I know you can use a recoil spring for a TM or KSC, but can I also use a hammer spring?

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There, now that's 2 of us with the same problem.

 

The hammer spring's quite weak, and I don't think it uses the same system as its Marui counterpart.

 

I'll take pictures sometime soon.

[Bob the Angry Potato]

A small spacer (a BB, perhaps) was recommended by a gun doc on Airsoft Canada. I'll check it out and get back to you.

[Bob the Angry Potato]

Fixed.

 

Here's how to do it, for any other disgruntled Canadian Cougar owners with flow restrictors installed that are concerned with their weak hammer spring (all zero of them).

 

First, take a run-of-the-mill cheap ballpoint pen. I used some Bic I found in my room.

 

Then, dremel a small piece off it.

 

I really should've taken the picture when my gun was open, sorry.

 

Here's what remains of the piece I dremelled it from, and my Cougar.

 

 

After you do that, drop it in the top with that other metal piece. It works great as a spacer, though there's not much room- you have to get the measurement exactly right, or the hammer won't cock.

 

A complimentary stretch of the hammer spring won't hurt either.

 

After I put it back together, I gassed it up and put 10 rounds into a pile of laundry, cocking it back with my thumb- something I couldn't do before (it'd make a 'pop' sound and the slide would move back a centimetre or so).