After everyone went home, I Googled around and found that those flat steel springs are prone to break, right where mine broke. Those flat springs might be okay on a revolver that shoots a couple of hundred rounds a year, but our revolvers shoot a couple of thousand rounds a year.
The answer seems to be a wire spring, rather than flat steel, and they're made by both Wolfe and Heinie. They look like this:
The Heinie Spring is Brownells number 394-630-000WB
The Wolff Spring is Brownells number 969-322-940WB
I ordered a half-dozen of them to keep in the spares. We're shooting four different revolvers that might use these springs, so having a few spares is prudent. While I was at it, I ordered some Wolff reduced power springs for the Ruger Vaquero/Blackhawk.
The Wolff springs for the Vaquero/Blackhawk are Brownells Number 969-000-200WB.
I put those numbers up for my own reference, but I'm happy to share if anyone is interested.
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Thanks, I'll order a couple for my Uberti, not that I shoot it that much. :-)
I called Wolff with a question and got an actual human being who answered not only the first stupid question, but the second question when I called back a minute later.
Good company.
Wolff included a new firing pin spring with the new recoil spring. Thus the almost completed saga of how to change the firing pin spring in a Kahr, including the chapter on special tools.
Good to know--I shoot a Cattleman myself. I'll have to bring it for show-and-tell when I get down there.
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