Hard opening frame question.

[Iowa Fox]

treed I like that wood!

Back to the original question. Between the Encore, G2, and Contender I have 25 frames. The only reason I bring that up is over the years I've squeezed a trigger guard or two all mine . Out of that bunch only one is a early Contender that I bought brand new. It was a frame with wood in a box and within two months I purchase two barrels for it. Honestly the squeeze pressure between my first frame and the rest off the easy open legacy contenders is virtually undetectable. The frame has thousands and thousand and thousands of rounds through it. Never a misfire or failure that I can remember. The only thing I did to it was turn the set screw in a little to lighten the trigger pull, that's it. Boy those were the days 2-300 rounds a weekend.

[J A XSP]

I've had several "hard opening" frames and most were not drastically different from the EZ open ones I've had. It depends totally on the lugs and springs. Some older frames will have a particular barrel they don't much like and that can be a bit of a bear to open. It's still never a matter of having to "wrestle" with it. If a frame requires more than a firm squeeze, you've got extraction issues from hot loads. I'd never pass up a decent deal on an original non-EZ frame. :)