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I use the Smithmaster.
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Smithmaster seems to have the better reviews...
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I just use the nose on a ball point pen , a tip I learned watching Jerry Miculek . Yrs ago I filed down the sides on a blade screwdriver . For me either one works fine .
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a ball pen to get the spring over the pin and a fine watchmaker screwdriver from the top to press it over the rest of the way. Not sure if you see what I mean but definitely no special tool required at all
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ball point pen or small screw driver
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I have an old Wheeler tool which I believe is no longer in production. It looks much like the Brownell's tool above except it at it is only the metal part and must be snapped into a handle much as a screwdriver bit. It works very well for removal for which it is designed. The ball point pen works great for installation but not so much for removal. The Gunsmither tool covers both removal and installing and would be my choice if I was a buyer today.
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Any of the DIY tips and utensils will work just fine if used properly. I think it's rather silly to pay money for THE specific tool to do this when it's absolutely not necessary.
You can even make your own "professional" tool if you want. Just get a cheap oddball screwdriver that has a shaft size about the same diameter as the rebound spring. Cut the driver head off so you only have a round shaft left. Then you take a Dremel with cut-off disc or even a hacksaw blade would work, and you cut a rectangle notch in the end of the round shaft. You make the notch wide enough to allow the pin to enter and you make it deep enough so that it will push the spring back off the pin. Simple.
Voila! You have a "professional" rebound spring removal tool. If you want, you could heat it up a little and put that bend in the shaft to make it slightly easier when using. Although it's not needed and mine works just fine being straight too. Doesn't need to be perfect or attractive either, just function.
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a ball pen to get the spring over the pin and a fine watchmaker screwdriver from the top to press it over the rest of the way. Not sure if you see what I mean but definitely no special tool required at all
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This. And a two-gallon zip loc bag in which to attempt this dexterous move! And wear eye protection...
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I generally use the Brownell's tool but I also made a few of my own years ago (very similar to the Brownell's model). The Brownell's tool works very well and is just a simple tool that always works. No need for complicated tools in this instance. No need to spend more than the $16.99 IMHO.
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Small screwdriver that has a notch for the spring added.
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I use the inexpensive Wheeler Engineering Tool to take the Spring and Slide out but use an old pen to put them back in.I t fits in a standard hex driver handle.
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Brownell tool for KLN. For J, I use a screwdriver modified as directed by Brownell in Gunsmith Kinks, which I believe is the mod mentioned by cowboy4evr in post #5.
I believe that most or all of the methods described above work well, but you asked, so there are mine. The suggestion concerning a plastic bag is a good one. Even more important are safety glasses. You don't need them to remove a S&W sideplate, but they need to be the first thing you pick up next.
That's a repeat of what NMPinNYC said in post #12. I didn't say it any better, but I did say it again.
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I use a flat blade screwdriver and a pair of flat pliars that don't have the "teeth" or serrations inside. I actuate the trigger to compress the rebound slide and spring. While compressed, I grab the pin on the rebound slide and the pin that braces the rebound spring in the frame, squeezing them together. I remove the trigger then, and then remove the slide. I use the screwdriver on the reinstall portion.
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Look at posting #17. Make your own to look just like it. I have made two of them, used them for many years, and they work perfectly. You need not buy anything. I made mine from screw-in hooks, screwed the threaded part into 1/2" dowel as handles. Use a Dremel tool or hacksaw for the metal cutting. Maybe a 5 minute job.
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When I first started working on guns back in 1948 the tool of choice was
a screwdriver slightly altered.
Through the years tried all kinds of 'factory made' rebound spring tools.
Went back to the screwdriver method and still use it.
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I have the Brownell tool but never use it. It is too long and "wobbly". A stubby, fat handled, phillips driver works better for me.
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To remove I just use a small flat blade screwdriver and slide the spring up the shaft. To install a #2 phillips works great.
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To make one is a piece of cake......
All you need is a doaner screwdriver with a round shank, a Dremel with a cut-off wheel and a Propane Torch to heat it up for the bend. Takes about 10 minutes and you will now have a tool that will last forever.
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Same as zonker5, a small flat and small phillips screwdrivers.
There's always a few of each lying about the bench somewhere..
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Smithmaster works perfectly for me.
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Flat blade screwdriver . . .
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Small Phillips # 2 screwdriver fits right in there.
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Brownell tool user here.
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Thanks for all your replies. I think I will try to make one and see how I do. Thanks!
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Phillips screw driver works great.
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I too am Phillips screwdriver. The pointiness and the slots in the blade tip have always worked for me
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I started off maaaaaaany years ago with a S&W screwdriver, with a small notch cut in the blade (to fit over the spring wire).
Then I decided I deserved to go uptown a bit, and got the Brownells tool. It cost something, so it had to be better. Not too long after it arrived, I went back to my screwdriver.
Then here's the Smithmaster tool. I think it cost more than the Brownells tool, and if it doesn't----it should. I still have the Brownells tool---taking up space in the tool box. If anybody wants it, a PM gets it delivered to your door. The screwdriver? I don't know where it is anymore.
The Smithmaster is "the neatest thing since sliced bread"---even better when you follow the instructions.
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