Belgian 6.35mm Velodog style revolver
Just traded into a small Belgian Velodog style internal hammer revolver in 6.35mm. Uses a weird mainspring which is, of course, broken. Does anyone know if the small size Spanish mainsprings offered by Dixie Gun Works might be adapted to fit?
This little piece uses a V-shaped spring with two branches for a hammer stirrup and an extended arm to operate the hand and serve as a trigger return spring. A case of too many functions assigned to one over-stressed part. I would like to get it working as it does seem to be otherwise tight. But that spring looks like a real nightmare to produce.
This little piece uses a V-shaped spring with two branches for a hammer stirrup and an extended arm to operate the hand and serve as a trigger return spring. A case of too many functions assigned to one over-stressed part. I would like to get it working as it does seem to be otherwise tight. But that spring looks like a real nightmare to produce.
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Doubtful if your only one with this problem, most of this type I have run across in the past have been inoperable.
Since there were so made different versions, by multiple manufacturers. Not even addressing the age factor, i.e. majority date prior to First World War, circa 1914. Getting a replacement spring that fits and works, would just be a matter of luck IMHO.0 -
A real gunsmith can make you a new V spring from a piece of flat spring stock (he will need the gun to measure/fit the new spring). 0 -
A flat spring would not be too hard to adapt. Even easier to replace with doubled round wire. But the original has a tip on the left side at the V to fit into a notch on the frame, and the lower arm has an extension to power the trigger and hand. I could see that costing a small fortune to produce. Way beyond my limited abilities. Not sure anyone in my area would make me one for less than ten times what the gun is worth. 0 -
Do you have the broken spring? 0 -
Yes. The broken spring was still inside. It broke just aft of the arm that powers the trigger and hand. 0 -
I can make the spring if you have the parts. Not sure how economical it will be, though. 0 -
Thanks for the offer. Great name for a knife designer, by the way. I will make a couple of futile attempts to adapt a Spanish spring or roll one out of round wire before I give up and trade this piece to some other fool.
If you have any guess what such a project would cost, it would help me decide whether to proceed. I have a friend who buys broken guns and rents them as props to theater productions and video companies. He might trade me a Clerke First for it. A real clunker, but, as long as the hammer pin is intact, not too hard to work on.
How did the Belgians and the Spanish ever churn out so much junk in such quantities, when it takes a month to make a spring and three days and six hands to install it? They must have had some very weird tools in those little shops.0 -
If you can send a picture of the spring to me through my web site, www.billdeshivs.com I can probably give you an estimate. 0 -
I sent Dixie the dimensions of the broken spring. They replied with a stock number. I'll keep you posted. 0
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