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Could someone provide a link where I can get a tool to compress a shotgun leaf spring?
Thanks
I have become addicted to English hammered shotguns to the detriment of my wallet.
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A sidelock leaf spring or a boxlock leaf spring? They require different tools.
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SKB, I'd be interested in what you use for boxlock spings. Thanks, Bill
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I can post a pic when I return from hunting. It is a Tool I made in Gunsmithing school copied from the Ithaca SKB manual. Flat stock with an angle cut in it to capture the hammer.
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I have one that looks very similar to the one Joe provided a link to. It works very well for sidelocks. I think I remember reading in some very old very old writings that it was at one time called a spring cramp (with a "r"). Can anyone confirm that? I probably read that in one volume of the JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL ARMSMAKING TECHNONOGY.
I'd like to see that tool too, Steve.
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A box lock spring tool can be made out of wood mine is aluminum
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Ouch! Quite the price difference in the Track vs Dyson versions.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) =>/ ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qclHjMQ.jpg)
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A sidelock leaf spring or a boxlock leaf spring? They require different tools. Sidelock
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