Hello,
I have an H&R Sportsman (SN 45126) that I repaired. It arrived with a broken trigger and SA Sear. I have made it functional again, but am getting light strikes. It does not appear to be consistent with specific cylinders. I am wondering if the issue could be a missing part. The gun was purchased partly disassembled, and I have done my best to get it in working order. Based on my experience with the gun during the repair process and after doing some more research on the parts, I believe I am missing the guide seat for the mainspring. The Mainspring IS a metal head model, but there is no guide rod seat on it and the spring sits in it's own recess within the frame. I just assumed that this is how this iteration of the gun went together as I found an image of the same frame gun with the same setup. However, every other image/part I've seen of the mainspring/guide rod assembly comes with a guide seat.
My question is, does my issue lie with a main spring that is under compressed, or are there other potential issues I should look into?
Photo of my gun as assembled:
Image of the Mainspring and Guide rod out of the gun.
I have an H&R Sportsman (SN 45126) that I repaired. It arrived with a broken trigger and SA Sear. I have made it functional again, but am getting light strikes. It does not appear to be consistent with specific cylinders. I am wondering if the issue could be a missing part. The gun was purchased partly disassembled, and I have done my best to get it in working order. Based on my experience with the gun during the repair process and after doing some more research on the parts, I believe I am missing the guide seat for the mainspring. The Mainspring IS a metal head model, but there is no guide rod seat on it and the spring sits in it's own recess within the frame. I just assumed that this is how this iteration of the gun went together as I found an image of the same frame gun with the same setup. However, every other image/part I've seen of the mainspring/guide rod assembly comes with a guide seat.
My question is, does my issue lie with a main spring that is under compressed, or are there other potential issues I should look into?
Photo of my gun as assembled:
Image of the Mainspring and Guide rod out of the gun.