Looking for a hand for a Euroarms 1858 Remmie

[Prairie Dawg]

If you have an extra you wish to sell me, please e-mail me at LPOLSI@yahoo.com.
Thanks
--Dawg

[Fingers McGee]

Have you tried S&S Firearms?  http://www.ssfirearms.com/products.asp?cat=260&pg=3  They don't list one for a Euroarms; But they do have one for an original

Part Number: 58R8

HAND & SPRING

1858 REMINGTON HAND & SPRING, Reproduction.

Price: $25.00 

[carbineone]

Try here they sell Euroarms 1858 parts. Hand and spring are I think a mere 7.50. Otherwise a Uberti or Pietta one fron VTI or Taylors would likley fit.

Any of them may require some minor fitting anyway. But you may have the best luck with the actual Euro one in the link.  Goodluck.

http://winchestersutler.com/Part.html#REM

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[hellgate]

If at all possible I always use the same hand and just replace the spring. If the gun was working fine when the spring broke then the hand is already fitted properly so I don't mess with it. I just make a new hand spring out of a bobby pin. CAREFULLY, barely flare the crimp enough to remove the spring fragment and cut a section of bobby pin to match the length of the original, bend it to shape, and re-insert it into the hand spring slot. I put a slight "waist" in the spring so when I crimp the spring in place there is some purchase to keep it from pulling out. I probably have 3 or 4 C&Bs that are running on bobby pins and so far none of them have broken. I usually use a flat head screw driver or chisel to stake the spring in place.