Lock disassembly and reassembly
I have a Snider lock which will not stay at full cock every time. It appears the sear surfaces are broken. I have another lock to use for parts. Is there a set of instructions somewhere regarding the...
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Use screw drivers that fit the screws; if you don't have a spring depresser use a small pair of vice grips to depress main spring; use flat punches if you need to tap out any parts
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It is fairly easy to strip more difficult to reassemble, just be careful when removing and fitting the spring. I replaced the spring on one of mine without the use of any special tools, just make a...
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Jim Durling wrote: just make a careful note of where parts go I have found that a large magnet on a stick is very useful for finding the parts that go flying across the room. I know Jim meant that...
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I remember reading an article that suggested that guns be taken apart inside a large cardboard box, with a perspex top and two hand-holes in the sides. That way anything that flew off would still be...
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Jim, I figured you meant "make note of which way it came apart, so you can put it back together", but if you meant "watch where the parts fly", I'll amend my advice to cover the other way around. No...
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Michael, I didn't mean to sound surly, sorry if thats how it came across. I did mean take note of how it came apart, this is my big failing I always think I will remember which part went where, but I...
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I have only posted here once before and I hope that my intrusion here is okay. I have, over the last 35 or so years disassembled literally hundreds of flint and percussion locks and would like to...
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I think it is worth mentioning that the tension on the spring should be released gently.A sudden release of tension like if it slips from the cramp can break the spring.
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I'd like to add these suggestions for ways of trapping those small bits and pieces that go flying. They have been learned from my previous life as a Jaguar and MG mechanic and 40 years of taking apart...
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Freddo makes an excellent point. The cramp is used for quick disassembly only and the spring must remain in the cramp and the lock should be reassembled soon. A mainspring vice is the only safe answer...
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Those are all excellent suggestions Reese and guaranteed to work.I have no idea how your previous life as jaguar could give you such insight I think I was a crow but it is no help whatsoever.
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Further on Reese's suggestions, it also is very beneficial to have quite a few open boxes of miscellaneous small gun and or other parts/junk on the floor in the immediate vicinity of your work bench....
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