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Could someone provide a link where I can get a tool to compress a shotgun leaf spring?


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A sidelock leaf spring or a boxlock leaf spring? They require different tools.


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Here’s one similar to what I use for leaf springs on bar action side locks:

https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/115/1/TOOL-VISE


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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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Originally Posted by JohnfromUK

Ouch! Quite the price difference in the Track vs Dyson versions.


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Originally Posted by SKB
A sidelock leaf spring or a boxlock leaf spring? They require different tools.


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