|
|
08-19-2007, 04:53 PM
|
|
Moderator SWCA Member Absent Comrade
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: PNW
Posts: 2,571
Likes: 2,242
Liked 1,383 Times in 254 Posts
|
|
I was oiling up my Safe queens today and when I cocked back the Hammer and the Hammer main spring snapped in half. Does anyone know a source for a new old one or a reproduction? I looked at Numrichs and got lost.
Dan
|
08-19-2007, 04:53 PM
|
|
Moderator SWCA Member Absent Comrade
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: PNW
Posts: 2,571
Likes: 2,242
Liked 1,383 Times in 254 Posts
|
|
I was oiling up my Safe queens today and when I cocked back the Hammer and the Hammer main spring snapped in half. Does anyone know a source for a new old one or a reproduction? I looked at Numrichs and got lost.
Dan
|
08-20-2007, 06:14 AM
|
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Mount Carmel, TN USA
Posts: 3,171
Likes: 1,626
Liked 3,178 Times in 933 Posts
|
|
E-mail [email protected]
David Chicoine is your best bet. If he doesn't have one, he probably knows someone who does. He also can put you on a want list and try to find one for you. He's found a few parts for me.
Here's his website:
http://www.oldwestgunsmith.com/
Good luck,
Chris
__________________
Chris
SWCA #2243 SWHF #292
|
08-20-2007, 10:56 AM
|
Absent Comrade US Veteran SWCA Founding Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: San Diego, CA. USA
Posts: 10,532
Likes: 3,529
Liked 6,883 Times in 2,796 Posts
|
|
Dan, Dave Chicoine is a source, but he can be expensive. The mainspring in your Model 1 1/2 is kind of a generic spring. Many old S&Ws, Colt's, Sucide Specials, etc. of that vintage have the same main spring, or their main spring can be easily altered to work OK in your gun, if you have minimum gun smith skills. EBay has recenly had a splurge of parts sales from gunsmith's estates that include piles of those old springs & parts. Check those sources. Ed.
|
08-22-2007, 06:33 PM
|
|
Moderator SWCA Member Absent Comrade
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: PNW
Posts: 2,571
Likes: 2,242
Liked 1,383 Times in 254 Posts
|
|
Thanks for the responses will keep my open at the shows. Will be in Tulsa in October, a likely spot to find one.
Dan
|
08-24-2007, 05:20 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 7,747
Likes: 1,639
Liked 9,148 Times in 3,379 Posts
|
|
I've made replacements from common K-frame mainsprings (if I'm thinking of the right revolver..bottom break action, 5 shot, fluted cyl, round bbl, round grip). All that needs to be done is to shorten slightly the spring from the bottom end. Sometimes the width needs to be trimmed a bit at that end too. They may feel a little less powerfull than the original but they will work just fine. If you have both pieces of your original, the needed length can be better estimated. The original spring will have more of a curviture to it than the replacement in their un-installed states.
|
|
Thread Tools |
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
|
|
|
|