Gunsmithing - How to Make a New Mainspring for a Ballard Rifle 

Congratulations on the award from the last video, you are truly an inspiration

everything is simple for you Larry, the mark of an expert.

Yeah we just happened to have three Ballard guns to open and show the internals..... must be a heck of a collection! Thanks for making these videos!

You guys should put all these videos on a dvd and sell it. I’d buy it

I love Larry's instructional videos. And that's the way it is😉

Thank you Mr. Potterfield for the content you put out

Thankyou Larry for being an avid and knowledgeable firearms enthusiast, and so willing to share great methods and methodical ways to resurrect antique and other firearms.

You sir are a National Treasure.

Great idea using the cardboard for screw placement

Keep these videos coming! I've learned so many repair, restoration, and refinishing techniques from you that seemed impossible at first thought.

Fascinating and instructive as always.

Thanks larry love the videos. And your stories the store . Take care God bless

Thanks for sharing, I always learn a lot from your videos.

More power to you sir Larry ,thank you for your efforts..very informative video.

And that's the way it is.

Larry, , Love your videos and Company. Stay well my friend.

Excellent vid, simple and concise. Thak you, I just picked up an old rifle with a missing mainspring.

Larry knows his guns

The WORLDS best gunsmith

NICE WORK

Once again, these videos helped me

Just amazing

Excellent

It still amazes me how Larry was able to get the block out first try. I tried it to get excess wax out of mine (chamber cast) and scratched my head for 15 min trying to get the block and extractor out only to discover I had a broken firing pin

Watching you work makes me wonder why today's gunsmithing schools think that with only a couple of years of training anyone can become a proficient gunsmith.

When set up for centerfire operation, this rifle will shoot 32 Long Colt or 32 Short Colt.

bravo thanks

Larry you are a fantastic craftsman, BUT can you tell us how much these jobs would cost?

Larry could make a Boeing 787 Dreamliner with a file.

Rechamber it for .357 magnum that would make it easy to find ammo to shoot with it.

My name is Lanice Anthony and I really enjoy your great detailed videos on firearms and was looking through a lot of yours and noticed I didn't see one on the ejector repair of a crack barrel shotgun. I have an older Stevens 16 gauge crackbarrel myself and it does not eject the shells anymore. I have to either dig them out with a pocket knife or drop my knife down the barrel to knock it out. Yes it a little backwoods style but I don't know how nor have I been able to find any instruction videos on how to fix or repair this common issue. Could you do a video on this please? Thanks.

that spring will last longer if the sharp edges are all softened

When tempering the main spring, how long do you leave in the pot?

Where do you get all these cool old guns

Can we get a source for the spring steel?.. Or, the specs.

I wish you was in Ga.

Nice FFA cup

The broken spring looks like it's from a colt 1903 pistol.

Spring steel stock should be .5-.7 % carbon, no less. That way your quench and temper operation will provide sufficient tensile strength and spring force. Also, it's not necessary to quench the spring in water out of the Niter tempering salts, you can air cool it just fine and it's less likely to experience a crack from thermal stress.

does anyone know where i can get a piece of spring steel stock?

Master smith

Sir please tell me liquid name Spring was heat in it

Where can you order the proper spring steel stock? Is it 1095 ?

What is liquid product for nitro-bluing,please.Tanhk you.

I wish you could work on my Colt Lighting slide action .44. If interested on the project, send me a message. Thank you

If melted niter bluing salts is the same as potassium nitrate, he should mention how dangerous this stuff can be..it's basically the same constituent as what's in black powder..when heated to that temperature, any organic material that comes in contact with it will immediately burst into flames...ask me how I know

Everybody got that?

Tempering temperature ? degrees F or C ?

Love your videos but I am always confused why you have beach music in the background. It seems like there would probably be more congruent music that could be found for your application.

good afternoon. i'm from brazil and i admire your work a lot. And I would like to learn how to make blue black oxidation. Everything is very difficult here. could you send me a hi via whatsapp? I am currently using google translator. Thank you very much in advance. hug