Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 BSS manufacture date of 1971, V-shaped spring with rounded area at peak of V for mounting/retaining screw. NA through Brownell's or Numrich. This was Fred Bursey's personal shotgun, purchased 2012. A real sweetheart, but the spring in question has lost its tension. Perhaps ground too thin on one leg and spring action has disappeared. Are replacements available? Can it be re-tempered and resurrected? Anyone with EXPERIENCE dealing with this situation? Thanks for any and all productive responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 No to retempering. Very hard to guess exactly a good temp to quench and to draw when you don't know the steel used. Browning company parts service: https://www.browning.com/support/parts-service.html Art's Gun Shop - a well known factory repair center in Kansas (IFRC) https://artsgunshop.com/ Ol # 4 - this thread from last December describes a spring he has for BSS lever. https://forums.sassnet.com/index.php?/topic/309829-browning-bss-lever-spring/ If all else fails, a SlixSpring for the Colt 1878 (TTN) may have the right shape. Good luck, GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol Number4 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Bad B, Check your PM I sent a note. I have had made a custom wire torsion replacement. Ol' #4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 Ol Number4 sounds like he has a marvelous solution. And thanks to G. Joe. SASSwire folks are the best! BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 BB, buy 2 of those springs OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 Yep...2 is one, one is none. SOP when I was a M/C mechanic; one to use and one to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barleycorn, SASS #76982 Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 On 4/14/2021 at 11:55 AM, Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 said: Yep...2 is one, one is none. SOP when I was a M/C mechanic; one to use and one to lose. I’ve had very simple 10 minute gun jobs turn into 90 minutes looking for a dropped part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 On 4/13/2021 at 7:33 PM, Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 said: Art's Gun Shop - a well known factory repair center in Kansas (IFRC) https://artsgunshop.com/ Hillsboro, MO. South of St. Louis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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