Rolland
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I am in need of a hammer spring for an 1891 .22 pistol, prior to making one I thought I might check here and see if anyone knows where I might find ome. Thanks
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looking for 1891 parts
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Original main
Do you still have the original main spring? Is it missing or broken?
Photo?
You can weld it if it’s broken. If it’s missing one will have to be fitted to the frame. That’s often not a simple task. Since it’s a single shot it shouldn’t be too difficult though.
Murph
Do you still have the original main spring? Is it missing or broken?
Photo?
You can weld it if it’s broken. If it’s missing one will have to be fitted to the frame. That’s often not a simple task. Since it’s a single shot it shouldn’t be too difficult though.
Murph
mmaher94087
SWCA Member
Rolland, from your post that said it is a .22, I can deduct that it is a Single Shot. Would you know which Model in case there is a difference in the springs? I ask because I have a dozen or so springs, but none are labeled. I also have the Single Shots so it may be that I can match one up with the proper Model that I have.
cgt4570
SWCA Member
Hopefully you realize that almost any .38 top break spring will work. You have the single shot version of the .38. Check Numrich. They probably have one.
I'll try to look in my stash tomorrow.
I'll try to look in my stash tomorrow.
It's deja vu all over again----mainspring's a quarter inch short.
My 10" 1st Model shipped to Germany. It came back with an action to die for---and a vastly superior front sight.
"Ralph's Bath" is a procedure that was afforded to every S&W that ever came to live here. The gun comes all apart/soaks in Mineral Spirits for a spell---2-3 days (or longer)---every piece/nook/cranny/hole gets scrubbed to within an inch of its life---gets rinsed in clean Mineral Spirits, and blown dry with high pressure (125 psi) DRY air. Then it gets hosed down with CorrosionX, and left to sit for another spell, and blown as dry as it'll get; and then put back together---to then have the CorrosionX removed from the exterior with Hoppes #9, dried/polished, and put on the shelf. There were such guns on the shelf for 30+ years with no further attention other than a periodic dusting with a vacuum cleaner---a couple of times a year.
So, the 10" 1st Model is going back together---WHOOPS!! The mainspring is too short----won't reach the hammer. After some sitting and staring I notice another notch in the frame for the bottom of the mainspring---about a quarter inch above the notch S&W made for it. Then I compare the too short spring with what's supposed to be in the gun, and start to realize at least part of the reason the gun has an action to die for----its not only too short, it's also too thin---and too narrow. Hmmmmmmm?!!
Replacing the spring in the notch it came out of solves the problem---and all is well---but I never got a chance to talk to the folks who made the gun what it was---probably just as well, 'cause I don't speak German.
Ralph Tremaine
My 10" 1st Model shipped to Germany. It came back with an action to die for---and a vastly superior front sight.
"Ralph's Bath" is a procedure that was afforded to every S&W that ever came to live here. The gun comes all apart/soaks in Mineral Spirits for a spell---2-3 days (or longer)---every piece/nook/cranny/hole gets scrubbed to within an inch of its life---gets rinsed in clean Mineral Spirits, and blown dry with high pressure (125 psi) DRY air. Then it gets hosed down with CorrosionX, and left to sit for another spell, and blown as dry as it'll get; and then put back together---to then have the CorrosionX removed from the exterior with Hoppes #9, dried/polished, and put on the shelf. There were such guns on the shelf for 30+ years with no further attention other than a periodic dusting with a vacuum cleaner---a couple of times a year.
So, the 10" 1st Model is going back together---WHOOPS!! The mainspring is too short----won't reach the hammer. After some sitting and staring I notice another notch in the frame for the bottom of the mainspring---about a quarter inch above the notch S&W made for it. Then I compare the too short spring with what's supposed to be in the gun, and start to realize at least part of the reason the gun has an action to die for----its not only too short, it's also too thin---and too narrow. Hmmmmmmm?!!
Replacing the spring in the notch it came out of solves the problem---and all is well---but I never got a chance to talk to the folks who made the gun what it was---probably just as well, 'cause I don't speak German.
Ralph Tremaine
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