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Three kinds, including Romanian ball. The round is hanging at the feed ramp, pull the slide back and it's going again. Three different magazines, including a factory new old stock Russian. The question is, to make the spring stronger, does it need to be stretched, or compressed ? The purpose of the spring is to return the slide after the blow back, right? So to compresse it and make it tighter would make it work better ? Am I right ?
I am unfamiliar with these pistols, we need one of the gunsmiths to chime in on this question. Springs get weak with age and use, coil or flat springs. When this happens on musket locks, or other mechanical devices I replace the suspect spring with a new one.steelbuttplate wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:42 pmThree kinds, including Romanian ball. The round is hanging at the feed ramp, pull the slide back and it's going again. Three different magazines, including a factory new old stock Russian. The question is, to make the spring stronger, does it need to be stretched, or compressed ? The purpose of the spring is to return the slide after the blow back, right? So to compresse it and make it tighter would make it work better ? Am I right ?
I stretched the spring 1&1/2 " longer than it was, stuffed it back in the gun. I ran 1 mag of HP PPU and 3 mags Romanian ball thru it with no feed failure.steelbuttplate wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 6:12 pm I found a video of a 1903 Browning in operation, very similar in design. The spring getting compressed in the blowback pushes the slide forward, so just the opposite of what I was thinking. Stretching the spring would make it stronger. Gunsmiths please tell I'm right.
Guess that means it could use a new spring, as the original seems to be getting tired in its old age......steelbuttplate wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:37 amI stretched the spring 1&1/2 " longer than it was, stuffed it back in the gun. I ran 1 mag of HP PPU and 3 mags Romanian ball thru it with no feed failure.steelbuttplate wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 6:12 pm I found a video of a 1903 Browning in operation, very similar in design. The spring getting compressed in the blowback pushes the slide forward, so just the opposite of what I was thinking. Stretching the spring would make it stronger. Gunsmiths please tell I'm right.
Thanks Longcolt, I was about to pay more for the one spring than one of those service packs. Great deal.Longcolt44 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 4:54 pm Here is your fix, https://www.gunsprings.com/TOKAREV/cID1/mID68/dID294
Only attempt this in a place where you can find your parts when they go flying about. It takes several attempts and a good deal of cussing to get these back together with new springs.steelbuttplate wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 5:58 pmThanks Longcolt, I was about to pay more for the one spring than one of those service packs. Great deal.Longcolt44 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 4:54 pm Here is your fix, https://www.gunsprings.com/TOKAREV/cID1/mID68/dID294
The company is having a slow turnaround right now. I have had a spring pack on order for over three weeks. But it will come.steelbuttplate wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 5:58 pmThanks Longcolt, I was about to pay more for the one spring than one of those service packs. Great deal.Longcolt44 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 4:54 pm Here is your fix, https://www.gunsprings.com/TOKAREV/cID1/mID68/dID294