mainspring

I just did a full restoration on Grampas old winchester 1897. It’s a family heirloom so I took it all the way apart and slow rust blued everything. I’m having trouble with the hammer stirrup not staying in the mainspring after the hammer falls. I can’t get the carrier back in the receiver...

My grip strength is a bit, shall we say, VARIABLE, due to illness, so I'm on a quest to tame the recoil of my 5" .45 ACP 1911. Here is my plan: Stock 16 pound recoil spring for reliability, ease in racking the slide and no excess slamming of the slide as it closes Heavier main spring (from...