Originally Posted by
megasupermagnum
... What I gather from others, Henry did what they did so that a cocked gun can be dropped in nearly any way, and the hammer will not drop.
THAT is the answer i got from both anthony and his GM, and their reasoning is steeped in litigious origins.
The smaller inner spring is shorter, is preloaded quite a bit from the stock bolt, and then compressed more when the hammer is cocked. This creates a big stacking effect, and keeps the hammer from falling... and the trigger from being pulled.
the smaller spring is the "hammer boost", no question about it, and as we know it does have an effect on the trigger as well. i don't need the smaller spring with my .223 but absolutely need the smaller spring to stop the light primer strikes on my .357. however, that smaller spring is about 50% too hefty and could/should be further reduced. since i have a pair of them, i'm going to coil cut one and see what happens.