Gator Weiss
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In 1978 I purchased a Remington Revolver from a vendor in Dallas, TX. It is a NAVY ARMS / Ridgefield, New Jersey marked revolver. It is all stainless and not the target model.
I have fired it literally thousands of times over the years, mostly with .454 soft round ball and on lesser occasions with slugs, with charges of 30 to 40 grains of black powder.
The tiny leaf spring on the "hand" broke. I bought some parts from off the shelf of a trader-type store to tune up the revolver. Among them was a "hand" for a Remington revolver and a cylinder-stop spring. The new "hand" is very slightly too short, so the cylinder doesn't fully rotate into the STOP position when you cock the hammer. You have to reach up and turn the cylinder a little bit until you hear the STOP snap into place. I have tried other "HANDS" from other sources over the years, and all have the same result - too short.
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A SOURCE FOR THE CORRECT HAND AND SPRING PART FOR THE NAVY ARMS (Ridgefield New Jersey) marked Remington Revolvers? I can not find one anywhere that properly fits my revolver. They all seem to be slightly short.
The cylinder stop spring fits and works, but the end of it that ties to the frame with a screw has a slightly different shape and it wont allow the trigger guard to seat all the way down when you re-install the trigger guard. That is yet another part I will need and cant seem to find the right one. The original part weakened over time and this might be a tempering problem with the original spring.
Are there any parts anywhere that interchange exactly? I could make a new hand and spring on the bench, but I would rather just buy the part and install it.
I have fired it literally thousands of times over the years, mostly with .454 soft round ball and on lesser occasions with slugs, with charges of 30 to 40 grains of black powder.
The tiny leaf spring on the "hand" broke. I bought some parts from off the shelf of a trader-type store to tune up the revolver. Among them was a "hand" for a Remington revolver and a cylinder-stop spring. The new "hand" is very slightly too short, so the cylinder doesn't fully rotate into the STOP position when you cock the hammer. You have to reach up and turn the cylinder a little bit until you hear the STOP snap into place. I have tried other "HANDS" from other sources over the years, and all have the same result - too short.
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A SOURCE FOR THE CORRECT HAND AND SPRING PART FOR THE NAVY ARMS (Ridgefield New Jersey) marked Remington Revolvers? I can not find one anywhere that properly fits my revolver. They all seem to be slightly short.
The cylinder stop spring fits and works, but the end of it that ties to the frame with a screw has a slightly different shape and it wont allow the trigger guard to seat all the way down when you re-install the trigger guard. That is yet another part I will need and cant seem to find the right one. The original part weakened over time and this might be a tempering problem with the original spring.
Are there any parts anywhere that interchange exactly? I could make a new hand and spring on the bench, but I would rather just buy the part and install it.