Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Gunsmithing Huskvarna 1640 Bolt stop spring

Cant find one so trying to make one. Need advice.
Using 1095 blue steel. .023 thick ..069 wide.
Process so far is..

1. Anneal
2. shape
3. harden = Cherry red magnet drop (tried water and sae30)
4.Temper= Lee lead pot 650-700 count of 15 sec.

I think there's away around the external side of the bolt stop altogether: http://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9411043/m/927108139/xsl/print_topic

I've never seen a 1640 action up close so not familiar with exactly how it looks.

You still need the spring.

Yes. The spring is the thing. You must have at least 1. I have two made and 1 installed..working for now. I have tried 3 local smiths. All declined the work. One smith a few hundred miles away will with a 4 month wait..

http://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9411043/m/927108139/xsl/print_topic
Whatever happened to TC1?

I have made piano wire springs for this and they worked ok. This spring is the actions weak point. GD