Law and Order, Navy Arms .36

[Boomerdog]

I picked this up at my local fun store today, the owner told me it was broken and he'd take $50 for it. We disassembled it right there in the shop and found the broken part. When I got home I found the part at Brownells, looking at the schematic it's a "hand spring". The one they list is for a Uberti, but looks the same as mine, I guess I'll find out when it gets here. Here's a few pics, I'm gonna clean it up later tonite while it's this far apart.

 

[larry wv]

Looks like a good book. :thumbsup: Larry

 

[Eric N.]

Nice!!

 

[George T.]

MAN what a deal! Geo. T.

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

That is very cool! Should be interesting on how it turns out when you make the repair. :thumbsup:

 

[cynthialee]

SPiffy!

 

[BFJ]

Nice find. Please us posted on this.

BFJ

 

[Many Klatch]

We had a long thread about how to repair a hand spring for my 1858 Remington. It boils down to: use a Dremel to cut out the broken spring, solder a piece of Bobby Pin into the slot. Cut and Bend to fit.

The Bobby Pins are a better metal than the original hand spring material. My Bobby hand spring works great.

Many Klatch

 

[Boomerdog]

I wouldn't have thought of a bobby pin, thank you. If the part I ordered doesn't work, I'll try that.

 

[aeatwood]

On a Colt, you can drill the rear of the frame and install a coil spring and follower from Ruger and never have to worry about the hand spring again. I don't remember the part numbers, but I bet Google does. 8) "Colt percussion hand spring fix pettifogger"

 

[swathdiver]

Nice pocket police! Is it an Armi San Marco or Uberti? The frame makes me think of the latter. Great deal for $50, they are a hoot to shoot!

 

[hanshi]

That is a wonderful deal. Congratulations.

 

[MSW]

good deal~! congratulations!

 

[bobthemotorcycle]

I had a bad day at school, I get home and I have no date tonight so I am setting at home bord and then you top it off with a post like this, why cant I ever find a deal like this? HA, Just kidding. :wink:

Good deal, congratulations, cool find.

 

[Boomerdog]

Nice pocket police! Is it an Armi San Marco or Uberti? The frame makes me think of the latter. Great deal for $50, they are a hoot to shoot!

It's simply marked Navy Arms Co. Ridgefield N.J. Made In Italy.

I installed the spring from Brownells and cocked and lowered the hammer several dozen times, I noticed the cylinder was wanting to rotate too far so I filed a bit off the hand until it seemed to work, then the spring failed. I decided to try the bobby pin and that worked like a charm, until a few minutes ago. I was checking the action to make sure gremlins hadn't messed with it overnight, when pulling the hammer back no longer caused the cylinder to rotate! I have a small 110V mig that I used to attach the springs with, I turned the welder all the way down and just "tacked" the spring on. Maybe that's what failed...

 

[jaxenro]

That octogon shaped mark above the trigger guard front is a 1851 barrel viewed from the front - Uberti mark

 

[Many Klatch]

Try soldering the spring in. It's old-school but it works.

Many Klatch

 

[Boomerdog]

I want to thank everyone for their interest, replies and suggestions! Well, after I dissasembled it AGAIN, I found it was my tack weld that failed, not the bobby pin "spring". From the little experience I've had with this, I believe a bobby pin to be superior to the flimsy hand spring that is available. The solder method would have been my next attempt to attach a bobby pin spring, but I have accepted an offer to sell this handgun. Thanks again everyone!

Maybe the new owner will keep us updated...