Busyhands94
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i recently found that the cylinder on my NAA .22 Magnum cap n' ball wasn't indexing, popped off the main screw and the side plate and discovered the handspring was missing. so i ordered a new hand spring along with a few hundred rounds. i like to think of myself as a very good problem solver and a decent gunsmith, but my gosh putting that new hand spring in was one of the hardest things. it looks like the folks over at North American Arms use watchmaking tools to make the parts that go into these fine revolvers. it's VERY VERY precise. there are parts in there that look like an armpit hair they are so small.
after about two hours of sweating, having to take the side plate off and try again, i finally got it. it felt like i was going to have a stroke. i found to get these guns back together you can assemble it but leave the mainspring out, then position the mainspring onto the back of the hammer (that needs to be in the fired position) and then use some pliers to put the other end of the mainspring back onto the ledge that it sits on. then you just test it for function and put the grips back on. the main screw is a funny little thing, being that it actually is threaded backward. you rotate it clockwise to unscrew it. so it's lefty tighty righty loosey.
i advise that unless you are good with these tiny mechanical wonders, that you don't take them apart unless you know EXACTLY what you are doing. NEVER NEVER NEVER will i take mine apart again.
well i just got it back together, it was very hard and not fun at all. and if you can disassemble/reassemble one with your wits intact, then you're a good gunsmith. anyway, just a little public service announcement. i hope others can learn from my mistakes and not take their mini revolvers apart.
so now i have a working revolver and a few hundred rounds, as well as a 58' remmy coming to me in the mail tomorrow! life is good! i will be taking a woman (my mum's friend) out shooting on Wednesday, she will be firing a gun for the very first time! so, this pistol will really come in handy! and with a little luck she might even get hooked and join the blackpowder shooting community!
Stay safe and God bless America, and thank you to all who are serving and have served in law enforcement and the military!
Sincerely, Levi
after about two hours of sweating, having to take the side plate off and try again, i finally got it. it felt like i was going to have a stroke. i found to get these guns back together you can assemble it but leave the mainspring out, then position the mainspring onto the back of the hammer (that needs to be in the fired position) and then use some pliers to put the other end of the mainspring back onto the ledge that it sits on. then you just test it for function and put the grips back on. the main screw is a funny little thing, being that it actually is threaded backward. you rotate it clockwise to unscrew it. so it's lefty tighty righty loosey.
i advise that unless you are good with these tiny mechanical wonders, that you don't take them apart unless you know EXACTLY what you are doing. NEVER NEVER NEVER will i take mine apart again.
well i just got it back together, it was very hard and not fun at all. and if you can disassemble/reassemble one with your wits intact, then you're a good gunsmith. anyway, just a little public service announcement. i hope others can learn from my mistakes and not take their mini revolvers apart.
so now i have a working revolver and a few hundred rounds, as well as a 58' remmy coming to me in the mail tomorrow! life is good! i will be taking a woman (my mum's friend) out shooting on Wednesday, she will be firing a gun for the very first time! so, this pistol will really come in handy! and with a little luck she might even get hooked and join the blackpowder shooting community!
Stay safe and God bless America, and thank you to all who are serving and have served in law enforcement and the military!
Sincerely, Levi