Posted: 12/18/2024 6:11:37 PM EDT
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While doing some home gunsmithing, I lost a spring from a gun, and no one sells these parts. It's a takedown lever, and I think it can work without being *precise.* As long as it's stays in place. I also shouldn't need to disassemble the gun to this level again. I thought I'd find a spring of an appropriate diameter and put it in there, trimming if necessary. I thought there'd be a place to buy a packet of miscellaneous springs or springs by size/weight, and I'm not sure where to look. I'm pretty good at the googling, and I'm not finding it. Tl;dr is there a place that sells "generic" springs, a variety pack, or springs by dimension? Before you ask, no - there's no gunsmith within fifty miles of me. |
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The Spring Store Spring Works Utah TAC Rockford WB Jones Lee Spring McMaster-Carr All of these companies, and many more, have off-the-shelf springs. McMaster-Carr has spring-stock - essentially long springs you can cut-to-length. If you're really desperate, you can get a batch of springs manufactured. |
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Originally Posted By AT-ST83: What kind of gun? What part? Numrich (gunpartscorp.com) Midwest Gun Works Midway USA Ace Hardware McMaster-Carr It's a Taurus TX22 - the takedown lever. I'll check them out. Thanks for the suggestions.  Even the gun-parts dealers' websites I've looked at are hard to navigate for what I'm seeking. If the search term is "spring" there are a million results, with no way to filter by diameter, length, etc. I'm just trying to figure out how to narrow the search to a manageable level. It's like 'recoil spring for a 1911' - 'magazine spring for a Glock 26' and so on. |
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Thanks for those tips, guys. Work promises to be very slow Friday, so I can peruse these vendors' websites. Spring-stock is probably what I want. Sometimes it's just a matter of knowing the right term for what I'm after to narrow it down. Attached File . |
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Originally Posted By gearjammer351: Thanks for those tips, guys. Work promises to be very slow Friday, so I can peruse these vendors' websites. Spring-stock is probably what I want. Sometimes it's just a matter of knowing the right term for what I'm after to narrow it down. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/252069/download_jpeg-3410636.JPG. Some of those websites have dimensional parameters that you can fill in to narrow the selection. Lee Spring has offerings in 17-7ph stainless (I recommend that, if you can find one that is dimensionally similar to your working envelope). Is this a compression spring or a torsion spring? |
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Originally Posted By gearjammer351: While doing some home gunsmithing, I lost a spring from a gun, and no one sells these parts. It's a takedown lever, and I think it can work without being *precise.* As long as it's stays in place. I also shouldn't need to disassemble the gun to this level again. I thought I'd find a spring of an appropriate diameter and put it in there, trimming if necessary. I thought there'd be a place to buy a packet of miscellaneous springs or springs by size/weight, and I'm not sure where to look. I'm pretty good at the googling, and I'm not finding it. Tl;dr is there a place that sells "generic" springs, a variety pack, or springs by dimension? Before you ask, no - there's no gunsmith within fifty miles of me. 
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Originally Posted By brownbomber: Some of those websites have dimensional parameters that you can fill in to narrow the selection. Lee Spring has offerings in 17-7ph stainless (I recommend that, if you can find one that is dimensionally similar to your working envelope). Is this a compression spring or a torsion spring? Originally Posted By brownbomber: Some of those websites have dimensional parameters that you can fill in to narrow the selection. Lee Spring has offerings in 17-7ph stainless (I recommend that, if you can find one that is dimensionally similar to your working envelope). Is this a compression spring or a torsion spring?  It's a compression spring. Originally Posted By s4s4u: It's bad enough I had to come here and admit to being a dumbass. I'm not providing photographic evidence.  |
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Originally Posted By AT-ST83: Crazy idea...maybe call the manufacturer of the firearm and ask them? Taurus is pretty nice, and they may just send you a replacement part for free. 🤔 It's just crazy enough to work! It didn't occur to me, because I've never actually done that. I rarely buy new guns, and I usually only fiddle with the ones that are very simple (Glock, AR, that kinda stuff). |
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Originally Posted By s4s4u: Here's a pic of it before I took it apart. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Bravo_Six: I lost the rear sight blade from a PT99 and Taurus sent me a new one for free. This was a while back, but I'd bet they do the same for you. I called CS, and told them I just need the spring and it's not in the catalog. She put me on hold for a while and came back and said I can send them the gun for inspection - that's the best she could do. 
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