How do you get the hand & hand spring back on your Smith & Wesson Revolver.
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- I'm Scott owner of Van Dorsten Custom Firearms and professional gunsmith. Join me for tips, tricks, And product reviews in the gunsmithing industry.
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I would have never figured that out by myself. I am so grateful you made this video. Thanks!
Scott, you did what many others could not dot and that was to make something hard into something understandable and easy. Thanks buddy!!!
best hand and hand spring assembly I found most just skip or are vague Thank You
Thanks a million! This is the only video explaining that square hole I didn't see till this!
Thank you for this video; it really helped me. You are very good at breaking these difficult jobs down.Your tips make at home gunsmithing enjoyable. Take care, Michael
Great video and very helpful. I used a spring bar tool from a watch battery and band replacement tool kit to push the hand spring into the correct position. These can be bought very cheaply on Amazon.
You saved my evening! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Thanks for the inspiration. If you’re not using a little vise you are just trying to do it the hard way. I used a flathead screwdriver bit the same width as the space to push the spring up. Like you said many ways to skin a cat.
Scott THANK YOU! First while taking my 586 apart the (unknown then!) hand spring did a belly flop on my chest! Spent 2 hours looking...then found it 4 feet away in opposite direction. Made a V on a small screwdriver. Installed...NEVER to be touched AGAIN!!! (2 days total)
A little blurry but I got the gist and THANK YOU!! I pulled out the hand not realizing the repercussions and suddenly realized somewhere there must be a spring. Got the gun back together thanks to your video and it works like a dream. I woulda been STUCK
Thanks from another Coloradoan! Never had a hand spring come out until today and you showed me how to fix it quickly!
OUTSTANDING no other word to describe this video ……………. TWO thumbs up. Perfect explanation and as Scott stated …………….. don't over rotate the finger, Yes it will pop the spring out HA. No issue now ….. Thanks so much Scott. I'm a subscriber. FPG in Tennessee.
Thanks for taking the time to do this - I noticed the "extra part" (spring) as I was putting my Model 64-6 back together and had to look at a schematic to figure out what it was for - I would have never figured out where it went and how it went together - thanks very much!
Best hand job on You Tube. Wait, that didn't come out right... The only video on You Tube that I could find that covers removal and replacement of the hand. Thanks!!
Scott,
Thank you so much for the video. I had been wanting to brown and blue my mim hammer and trigger after I put a radius on the trigger and polished out the lines on the hammer the mold left. They turned out better than I had ever hoped. I used one application of express brown and 3 coats of oxpho-blue. I would have never tried it without this video. I had the hand and spring back in in less than 5 minutes. I made my own tool and it worked great. I understand about not sharing your secrets, but thanks a lot for sharing this one.
Dan Jenkins
I used the m
Hammer block bar instead of the dental tool. Perfect width. Thanks.
Super. I was putting it in wrong prior to see this video. thx much
I noticed you are the only one that has made a video on this people don't realize how hard it is to put that spring in there you are awesome dude thanks if you take notion to work on my pistol I would be grateful
You can email me at vdc.firearms@gmail.com for gunsmithing services
@@vdcfirearms3609 thank you very much I will email you
Scott thanks so much for getting back to me much appreciated! Still have not located the hole, just a horizontal channel with what appears to be 1/16” slot at bottom. Thanks again for your help & time. Will keep looking;)
Thanks for putting this video on The tube!! You saved my rear!! I just got a 629-7 and the short part of the hand spring isnt into a hole it is in a trough and it’s easier I was looking for a specific hole for it to be stable but with all the gear you have I popped it in there!! Thanks again!! I have been a GS for a little over 40 years and it’s just a hobby but since all the gun work started coming in small stuff get put in the back at the big stores so I get their leavings!!
Brother, thanks so much for this video. I'd have never gotten the hand back in without seeing you do it. My Model 49 thanks you too.
But I did find a cheaper alternative to your dental instrument that you don't have to make. One of my hobbies is watches, and for less than $10 on ebay you can buy a watchmaker's "Spring Bar Tool". It has different sized replaceable split ends that screw into the tool. One of them was the perfect size for pushing on the spring!
I'm used to working on older Smiths. I just picked up my first modern version and was unaware of the change in how the hand spring is fitted. I was stoning the internal parts and fitting replacement springs. All went well until the fourth reassembly when the hand spring fell out of the trigger. I figured it had to go into a notch, but where and how? Your video spared me a trip to the local gunsmith to find out. Amazingly, I got the spring to go back in on the first try! I did a little reconnoitering first with a dental pick so I knew where the hole was, then switched to forceps and pick. Thanks for the advice.
Thank you, fought that for two hours, before your vid.
Dude seriously, thank you! Saved me so much time trying to troubleshoot.
DUDE! Where were you 3 days ago? I was doing a "trigger job" on my 686 and I managed, much to my chagrin, to separate the hand from the trigger assy. Shortly thereafter, the spring fell out. With no luck finding a youtube video, I farted around with that spring for the next 3 hours. Two hours to figure out how it installed, and another hour discovering an allen wrench just small enough to fit in the slot was the ticket to compress the spring while installing the hand. All that to say, I discovered you in the process and tip my hat to your most excellent videos. Cheers!
Thanks! Was struggling with that after I accidentally let the hand slip out, something I, until today, never do. You made it look almost easy. Good tip on the screwdriver.
Awesome video. Thank you so much.
Sir, Thank you so much for this video! Your helpful information saved my M442 and me an embarrassing trip to the shop. Moving forward, I'm just going to leave the gunsmithing on my Smith to a actual gunsmith. I'm not taking it apart again! Take care.
Thanks for the video, I took out my trigger and went to set it down on the table. Well needless to say I dropped it and it hit floor. So I looked around on RUclips to no luck. I found your video by googling looking for an exploded view of the firearm. Prior to your video I found people saying what a pain it was. To install but in my mind I envisioned it going together differently. Well after finding your video I had the gun Back together in about 5 minutes. Unfortunately during my trying to put spring in by the wrong way. I relaxed the spring to much. Have new springs coming for it. Thanks again.
Thank you so much for this. A HUGE help.
Thanks. Notched screwdriver trick worked great.
Thanks Scott! Seriously, your videos are the best gunsmithing videos on youtube (and by extension the entire internet).
Any chance we'll see the sensational finale of the level 2 trigger job saga?
Excellent video.
Thank you Sir! You come off as friendly and talented. Small but funny story: I was taking apart my 686+ -6 yesterday and the one part of the tutorial I had going that I did not pay attention to was the part which recommended not removing the arm from the trigger because of the tiny spring inside. Luckily I have experience with basic watch repair and jeweling so I knew I could get it all back together (after I spent time searching for the spring, struggling to find it online, ordering it, and then watching it loosely fall from the trigger that it never actually flew out of). However your video makes getting it back on much easier. Long winded comment but eh, when else would I talk about this? God bless!
Thanks so much for this video, Scott! It was exactly what I needed. I'm subbed now.
Semper Fi, TreeTop
Thanks alot for the video!! Because of youre video i got mine back in, thank you 1000x.
Thank you! Like others, all that remained was that weird looking spring,,,%$#-*, thanks to you sir for getting it back together!!
awesome! thanks, of course now I think I bent my spring before I found your video
Thanks for the video. Very challenging for the average guy to get the hand tension spring back in! My local gun smith charged 45 dollars to do it and refused to let me see how he did it. I need a new local gunsmith!!
$45 is the what I would charge and I don't let my customers watch ether. So don't take it too hard. Gunsmiths spend a lot of money to become a gunsmith $22,000 to $30,000 so we tend not to share that info.
I wish I had you as my neighbor, we would be best buds.
Thanks for this video, makes it easy..
Thanks for this video. Big Time Help!
Scott your a fucking lifesaver!!!!
And 2 years later here I am again looking how to put this spring back 😂😂
It all looks so simple accept that part about getting the spring to seat. Seat in what? Where? It's about as clear as swamp water to me. The rest of the installation is simple. I guess what's needed is a bright light and a blow up lens to video the process. Thanks any way for the effort.
I have a Smith & Wesson model 29-2 that needs that same spring put in it and would love for you to work on it and make a video out of it
Thank you so much, i almost sold my 500 mag because of this stupid spring lol, subbed to your channel
You saved my bacon, many thanks, now that I realized there’s a hard to see pocket for the short end of the spring then the spring coil sits in a pocket of its own and snap she’s together, yee Haa.
Any tricks to keep that sharp end of the hand arm from scratching the blued part of the gun as you slip the trigger off its stud to remove it?
thanks for the info mine fell out reason i did this teardown arm fell back into frame still cant figure out why
thank you
Scott are you the same gunsmith from gunsmoke
All kinds of dental tools on Amazon, very cheap. What's the function of the little vee notch in the end of your tool?
It helps hold the spring without it slipping off to the right or left.
thanks!! did you work on the tv show gunsmoke,,,,
No that was Clint Eastwood. But we look a lot alike. I was on the show American Guns.
Scott I can not find the hole for the hand spring. I have used magnifying glass. Is it possible not to have one?
No, Trust me it is there.
You may actually prevent some suicides out of frustration with this video!
Good channel. I inadvertently eliminated my half cock safty on a model 66-4 just dont know what happened. Any thoughts? I'll watch.
Anyone have any experience doing this on a 686-8 MIM trigger ?
There is no hole for the short leg so sit in. Also does the long spring leg rest on the short thinner pin, the longer pin or between both?
Yes there is a hole for the short leg on the 686-8 They are all the same. and the long leg rest on the short pin.
Hemostat.
Too difficult to see what you’re actually doing in this video. Fortunately I know the process to do this job. Others may have a problem
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That's what SHE said...
Moi
The shooting noice in the background is really annoying. Pity because I like your explanations.
awesome! thanks, of course now I think I bent my spring before I found your video