Pete,Pete wrote:I have often wondered why the front collar (hammer) is hardened steel. Would it not have been easier to achieve a short locktime by using a less massive material eg one of the hard aluminium alloys, and a softer spring? I might try that..............
Pete
The FP assembly of the Swings is already quite light as compared to many others.
Energy and locktime are the result of:
-Mass in motion
-Spring force
-FP travel.
The Swing FP system was acceptable in mass, too strong in spring force (dimensions adding to the mass) and too long in ytavel (this is the most time ''consuming' hactor).
A first step was already achieved with the Paramounts in reducing, on my instigation, , the FP travel from 6,5mm to 5mm, but the spring was not lightened.
To achieve the real reduction of locktime, the only solution consist in reducing the FP travel to the maximum (4mm as for the C.G and C.G-RPA). Not impossible, I have done it in the past, but need machinery and engineering skills...and patince!!
R.G.C