[TheForge] Spring steel Gun Part

[Larry Brown]

Contact the people and see if they have it or can get or make it, after it 
works then play around making an extra. Their catalog for parts is about 3" 
thick, lots of stuff

http://www.e-gunparts.com/about.asp

  L Brown



At 06:09 AM 12/8/2009 -0800, you wrote:
>Can anyone give me some advice on how to impart flexibility or spring to a 
>small steel part. I have a rather old shotgun with a broken hammer spring. 
>I am unable to find this part, so I made one from the steel handle of some 
>old aviation snips. The part fits perfect, but after you cock the hammer a 
>few times, the spring just starts to bend instead of springing back.
>   Can heat treating or tempering make the part more springy?