Well, with the numerous possibilities that have been suggested, both here and on other sites, I’ve realized that I am probably in over my head. I admit I’m not much of a revolver guy (give me a 1911 or a Garand and I can deal with most issues.) The trouble that the guy from my club (who IS a revolver guy) had reassembling my NV with the new hammer has made me leery of trying to do any more myself than replacing the spring. So I will try shimming the old spring with washers (assuming I can find some that fit on the strut and under the grips) and if that doesn’t work, I need to send it off to someone who knows what he is doing.
Who do you recommend? I see a lot of lists of Ruger pistol smiths online, but most of those are 5-10 years old, and I have already run across a few instances of gunsmiths who are getting out of the business or who are not taking new work. As I think I mentioned, I don’t want o send it off to Ruger as they will probably put the factory spec high hammer back in.