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Yolomanolo
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Let me start by saying I have never taken a physics course, but will be soon. My question concerns firearms, so I hope no one is too sensitive when it comes to this subject, and if you are, I apologize. I recently replaced the spring in my firearm that moves the firing pin, from a 5.5 pound spring to a 4 pound spring. This in conjunction with a couple other parts is supposed to reduce the amount of forced required to fully pull the trigger. But i have been told that the lighter spring can sometimes not apply enough force to the primer of a bullet and therefor not fire the weapon. My question is, would a lighter firing pin help to compensate for the lighter spring? If a spring under tension first moves an object of a certain weight and that object strikes a surface, but then moves another object that weights about 60% less to strike the same surface, is more force applied to the surface using the lighter object? Thanks