Pietta 1860 broken hand spring

philthephlier · December 15, 2011, 11:48 AM

Where can I buy a replacement hand for the Pietta 1860 Colt?

Fingers McGee · December 15, 2011, 01:05 PM

VTI Gunparts
Taylor's

Hawg Haggen · December 15, 2011, 05:25 PM

You can make a spring out of a bobby pin that'll last a long time.

Fingers McGee · December 15, 2011, 07:05 PM

or do the coil spring mod and never have to worry about a broken hand spring again.

http://www.theopenrange.net/articles...a_Part_One.pdf

http://www.theopenrange.net/articles...a_Part_Two.pdf

Hardy · December 18, 2011, 06:12 PM

You can also consider sending the hammer hand to Taylor & Co and the gunsmith is good and will stamp spring in for you. A lot of the senior members here have had a lot of experience with these guns and parts that a lot don't have. Ask why it broke? Is the hand channel rough and hammer slot rough? Also, it takes an experienced one to fit a hammer hand. Maybe hand is too long?? Just brainstorming

WBH

Doc Hoy · December 19, 2011, 09:04 AM

Go to VTI, DGW or someone like that. Buy about three of them so that you can feel a little better about the shipping charges being spread over three items instead of only one.

Hawg Haggen · December 19, 2011, 09:48 AM

It's not hard to fit a hand especially if the old one works right. Just clamp them together and file the new one to match the old one. If the old one is too short you file a little and try it until you get it worked down to where it needs to be.

December 15, 2011, 11:48 AM	#1
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December 15, 2011, 05:25 PM	#3
Hawg Haggen Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 10,238	You can make a spring out of a bobby pin that'll last a long time. __________________ http://blackpowdertimes.com/index.php

December 15, 2011, 07:05 PM	#4
Fingers McGee Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2008 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,717	or do the coil spring mod and never have to worry about a broken hand spring again. http://www.theopenrange.net/articles...a_Part_One.pdf http://www.theopenrange.net/articles...a_Part_Two.pdf __________________ Fingers (Show Me MO smoke) McGee - AKA Man of Many Colts - Alter ego of Diabolical Ken; SASS Regulator 28564-L-TG; Rangemaster and stage writer extraordinaire; Frontiersman, Pistoleer, NRA Endowment Life, NMLRA, SAF, CCRKBA, STORM 327, SV115; Charter member, Central Ozarks Western Shooters Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision see things as they are, not as they should be. Ambrose Bierce

December 19, 2011, 09:04 AM	#6
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 3,347	I am with Finger's first post Go to VTI, DGW or someone like that. Buy about three of them so that you can feel a little better about the shipping charges being spread over three items instead of only one. __________________ Doc My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson

December 18, 2011, 06:12 PM	#5
Hardy Senior Member Join Date: August 6, 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 626	You can also consider sending the hammer hand to Taylor & Co and the gunsmith is good and will stamp spring in for you. A lot of the senior members here have had a lot of experience with these guns and parts that a lot don't have. Ask why it broke? Is the hand channel rough and hammer slot rough? Also, it takes an experienced one to fit a hammer hand. Maybe hand is too long?? Just brainstorming WBH

December 19, 2011, 09:48 AM	#7
Hawg Haggen Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 10,238	It's not hard to fit a hand especially if the old one works right. Just clamp them together and file the new one to match the old one. If the old one is too short you file a little and try it until you get it worked down to where it needs to be. __________________ http://blackpowdertimes.com/index.php