S&W Hand Spring

[Colt Fanning]

Howdy,
Does anyone know of a source for a new hand spring for a S&W New Model 3.  It is 44 Russian.
Regards
Colt

[St. George]

Try Dave Chicoine - he wrote the book on 'Gunsmithing the Guns of the Old West'.

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

[Pancho Peacemaker]

http://www.jackfirstgun.com/order.php

[Colt Fanning]

Howdy,
Thanks for the advice.
Regards
Colt

[Tascosa Joe]

Colt:
You might try Lee Konig at Helz Guns in Forney.  He has boxes of odds and ends.
T-Joe

[RickB]

Would these contacts be helpful for s&w pocket pistol parts?

[St. George]

I know Dave Chicoine is - but can't speak for the others.

It'll depend on what you're looking for, when it comes to the S&W pocket revolvers.

Good Luck!

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

[Pancho Peacemaker]

I know Dave Chicoine is - but can't speak for the others.

It'll depend on what you're looking for, when it comes to the S&W pocket revolvers.

Good Luck!

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

St George,

I believe Dave has withdrawn from retailing the antique parts.  This is sad as he has been a great source in the past.

http://www.oldwestgunsmith.com/gunparts/swhome.htm

[Colt Fanning]

Howdy,
As I posted earlier, I have a S&W new model 3 with a weak hand spring.  The gun is designed so the hand spring has a poor
mechanical advantage in pushing the hand and has to be very stiff and highly stressed.  I tried to reset the spring and it broke.
I tried to replace it with a Uberti spring but Uberti has changed the spring to have a better mechanical advantage and the
Uberti spring could not be modified to fit.  I then tried to make a new spring from scratch twice and both broke when installed.
I finally decided to modify the spring to a coil using the Ruger parts that we use on the Mod 1851's.  It works very smoothly and
reliably with the coil spring.
Regards
Colt

[RickB]

St George,

I believe Dave has withdrawn from retailing the antique parts.  This is sad as he has been a great source in the past.

http://www.oldwestgunsmith.com/gunparts/swhome.htm

Well, I sent Dave a email asking if he knew of where I could get a hammer and trigger for my S&W No2 pocket pistol.

It functions very well, but the hammer won't stay back when cocked and moves forward about 1/4 of an inch, just enough to allow the cylinder stop to move and let the cylinder to rotate most of the time. If I could get this fixed it would make this a great shooter.

[Pettifogger]

Howdy,
As I posted earlier, I have a S&W new model 3 with a weak hand spring.  The gun is designed so the hand spring has a poor
mechanical advantage in pushing the hand and has to be very stiff and highly stressed.  I tried to reset the spring and it broke.
I tried to replace it with a Uberti spring but Uberti has changed the spring to have a better mechanical advantage and the
Uberti spring could not be modified to fit.  I then tried to make a new spring from scratch twice and both broke when installed.
I finally decided to modify the spring to a coil using the Ruger parts that we use on the Mod 1851's.  It works very smoothly and
reliably with the coil spring.
Regards
Colt

Very neat and clever fix.