Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Gunsmithing I can't @#$%@ believe I lost the %#$@ spring

Now that's funny!

The most dreaded sound in the world of amateur gunsmithing is that of a spring letting go, when you least expect it-


SPANG!

Built a new shop during the winter, am in the process of moving, It's scary the number of tiny screws and springs coming out of all the crevices between workbenches and toolboxes!!

You, sir, are definitely a qualified gunsmith! BTDT. My best was a Savage 110 spring that sprung and stuck in a crack in the 3-sided log wall 7 feet up.... found it about 3 months later. I hate 110's.....

If you are gonna gunsmith, it's either the magnet or kneepads- and then you are out of luck 40% of the time for said reasons...

Talk to Jack First Distributors in Rapid City, SD for replacement parts. Tons better service than Numrich/Gun Parts, which claims to have umteen million parts parts in stock but seldom the one you need, and then it takes anywhere from 6 weeks to 3 years to get it. At least in my experience froma couple decades ago as a practicing gunsmith - they may have upgraded since...

I March, my Colt 1908 safety plunger and spring escaped, the only thing left is an oil spot on the ceiling.

I could make the plunger ok, but the best spring I could scrounge up was only one tenth the force of the original.

I made a 25 second video about it, with a disgusted voice.