How to Make New Leaf Springs | British Side-by-Side Shotguns | MidwayUSA

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Most side by side shotguns use 1 or more leaf springs to operate the action. When these things break, which they occasionally do, all it takes is time and skill and you can make a new one. Watch along as Jack Rowe and Larry Potterfield, Founder and CEO of MidwayUSA, make a new leaf spring for a side by side shotgun.
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16 мар 2014

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@tommothedog Месяц назад

great to see an old British gunsmith, escaping to a certain sense of paradise.

@ATINKERER 2 года назад

Even a hundred years from now people will still be watching this video to learn from the great master gunsmith Jack Rowe!

@buserror 4 года назад

I hope these videos are stored forever, for posterity. Here I am with my 130y/o hammer gun which just broke a hammer spring, and I'm watching intently as this old, lovely guy, now dead unfortunately, makes it looks so easy to make a replacement. probably easy enough that I might try to make one myself to see if I can can compare. Thanks Larry to have organized this set of videos.

@CallMeUbba 2 года назад

Should be in the library of Congress

@donmucciante9513 2 года назад

@amerfable 5 лет назад

I'm a Syrian gunsmith and I learned so much from these guys ..I'm so grateful for them ..honestly I bought a saint etiene double barrel shotgun and had to make a leaf spring for it I managed to do it finally ...believe it or not ..!! almost nobody in Syria could do it .! now more and more customers ask me to make leaf springs for their old shotguns ..thanks again

@Romin.777 4 года назад

That's cool! Generating cash at the same time. ;)

@harryvanhoo7235 4 года назад

I can not find anyone here in Australia to make a spring like this for my shotgun. I will have to try it myself. I had the idea of cold filing a truck spring as I did not think you could re temper the steel as the carbon would burn off. Seems that you can. Now to find some spring steel.

@Romin.777 4 года назад

@@harryvanhoo7235 Or an old round cirkel sawblade ;)

@harryvanhoo7235 4 года назад

@@Romin.777 Thank you very much for this suggestion. Cheers

@harryvanhoo7235 4 года назад

@@Romin.777 Is it good to dip the steel into well used oil, as it has a lot of carbon in it?

@darrensaltiel440 3 года назад

This is the kind of knowledge that needs to be passed down . It's half art half brut strength and ignorance yet knowhow and knowledge all in one protect this man at all costs 👏

@cavemanballistics6338 3 года назад

A library of knowledge in that room with these 2 old timers! 👍

@gfr2023 2 года назад

Even in cad softwares era.. making things by hand is the best prototype technique you can have. Make custom pieces by hand is an art.

@KathrynLiz1 Месяц назад

I have made springs this way for many years... I have a forge and anvil so heating stuff is very easy, although a torch will do for little springs. For those tiny sear springs in flint and percussion locks, old hacksaw blades make good stock.... baby hacksaw blades for really tiny ones and regular for the larger. Soften them first to file the teeth off. There's a knack in tempering them, but the old 'burn off the oil' has always worked well for me, as it did for the 'smith in the video. I get to do a lot for the older guns with leaf springs as many 'smiths cannot do it..... Someone else needs to learn as I am 81 now, so won't be around that much longer 🙂

@agwbcfjc2 4 года назад

Watching an old, old, man or woman doing the thing they've been doing for fifty or sixty years is beautiful to see--ageless and timeless. It was also enjoyable to watch this episode with out the annoying, mismatched music.

@Centerbez 2 года назад

Its Amazing yeah. Also if in comparison i feel as a kid who Is only playng toys.

@Aint1S 10 лет назад

I love these videos and the basic hand tools he uses! That's really amazing if you consider how many times he's made these types of things over the years and he's still got the dexterity to do it at his age! Amazing! Plus his accent is very interesting to listen to as well!

@thralldumehammer 3 года назад

Everyone should learn this!

@zappa916 9 лет назад

jacks a gun. pardon the pun. Learned quite a few things watching him in action and I dont own a gun. Master craftsman! British trained.

@markg3947 3 года назад

These are great tutorials Larry. Thanks for making them.

@abcstardust Месяц назад

Excellent video!!

@ATINKERER 2 года назад

God, I wish I could do that! It's a pleasure to see a master like him at work.

@NeoFotistos62 2 года назад

Прекрасные и поучительные уроки мастерства для тех, кто своими руками делает все что нужно!!! Спасибо обоим мастерам. Сижу и просматриваю все их уроки!!!!!! 👍

@cameronmccreary4758 2 года назад

I used to thin my springs on the milling machine then form to the arc. This man is doing the same thing but, it is difficult today to spend too much time hand working springs. People today are reluctant at paying for all the handwork involved. I wonder if this man is using Sheffield spring steel; I like to use it when I can get it. I also like cryogenic heat treatment. Then another story are using spring tensionometers to get consistent results from checking spring to spring.

@redtobertshateshandles 10 месяцев назад

If they don't want to pay, then stuff 'em. No free lunches.

@hakimmic 10 лет назад

Thank you for all these very informative videos. It's a pleasure watching them.

@KRN762 10 лет назад

Great video. Keep them coming. A+

@CallMeUbba 2 года назад

“Use enough file and never file if you can saw” Words to live by

@ralstonraz 4 года назад

Master Class!!!!! Truly...

@DezweenAce 10 лет назад

Another fantastic video! I would have however liked to have had longer to see the colour of the spring prior to quenching.

@redtobertshateshandles 10 месяцев назад

Cherry red.

@greglindsey4180 10 лет назад

Thank You Both. Class Act !

@Saltfactorynz 10 лет назад

Brilliant as always :)

@Romin.777 4 года назад

This is what i call Skills. Too bad this knowledge and craftmanship gets lost to the modern world based on mass production and throw away junk. I love this series! Thanks for making it! (Even thinking about subscribing to youtube premium so i can download 'm all.) :))

@senseibo4401 3 года назад

It’s still out there, just not shown very much.

@SWEmanque 10 лет назад

They make it look so easy

@453421abcdefg12345 8 лет назад

+SWEmanque ; It is easy when you have been doing it for 50 years!

@tristanberke8759 6 лет назад

I have a Lefever Arms side by side that I inherrited from my grandfather, and the right side leaf spring that resets the trigger broke in half finally after being shot every year since 1940 or so. I would love to have the skill required to do this. or at least a replacement spring. XD

@codymon100 10 лет назад

Jacks cool.

@20alphabet 10 лет назад

You know, many of the things shown in these gunsmithing videos can be utilized to repair or refurbish other things.

@itsyoboyskinnypenis7898 5 лет назад

Wonderfull

@harezy 10 лет назад

Great vid.. can still work a file good on him not afraid of hard graft..

@kirmizikuzu 2 года назад

Perfect ..

@marllyeuripedes9038 3 года назад

Parabéns amigo Deus abençoe Voceis e família chou de umildade Mestre e bom aluno

@eeeeee9430 8 лет назад

نحوه کارشان بسیار زیباست

@enielkumardas2285 2 года назад

Thank you sir Mr Jake wore you are a great👍 I want to know what steel you used what grade and what oil used for spring tampering please Clare my question thank you Mr wore

@truthspeaker2062 3 года назад

I'm watching this in 2021 . April

@Maglock17 10 лет назад

Woooooow

@MultiAgiles 10 лет назад

Mr. Larry, Greetings, I have a concern to see if it helps me a remington rifle cal. .22 Model 510 single shot, you can tailor Magazine about 12 units? for I have seen in videos that the following model remington model 511 magazine brings 6 units and is the same rifle bolt-like, I appreciate if you can give me his wise directions.

@peraltamaricon6488 2 года назад

De que material se puede hacer esa pieza maestro indíqueme por favor, saludos desde Ecuador

@jacksuquett1191 9 лет назад

Great vid, but needs CC.

@SONOFAZOMBIE2025 10 лет назад

I can see why these type of shotguns cost what they do. Holy fuck there must be $100+ worth of work in that spring! :D

@tristanjones2509 9 лет назад

Son of a Zombie Yeah, i know that Purdey Shotguns have between 600-800 craftsman hours per gun multiplied by £20-30 an hour is a fair chunk of change before u start to pay for advertising, overheads, sales staff etc....

@senseibo4401 3 года назад

@@tristanjones2509 Basic Purdey Shotgun will cost you about £130,000 nowadays.

@tristanjones2509 3 года назад

@@senseibo4401 but is best to get a pair 😂

@senseibo4401 3 года назад

@@tristanjones2509 Always! Mind you after 30 years making them I’ve had more than enough of them 😂

@tristanjones2509 3 года назад

@@senseibo4401 it gets like that when you work on something for long enough :)

@niteshseuraj3762 2 месяца назад

What is the specific alloy of the metal used???

@hatfidd5 11 месяцев назад

What kind of touch is that?

@dman6517 3 года назад

did he heat the spring to bright red before dip into the Oil ?

@CanadianPenguin_ 3 года назад

he did the first time to harden it then the 2 times after that he held in the flame till the oil on the part caught fire then re-dip for tempering.

@randyc5650 3 года назад

When he was quenching in oil and burning it off, how did he know when it was enough times?

@robertboreman7672 3 года назад

@Randy C It is called "experience " He can tell the temp. of the metal by the color of it.Old timers like him are priceless.

@CanadianPenguin_ 3 года назад

I did some playing around and it seems doing it 2 times of burning off the oil is the magical number. 1 it was to brittle and cracked, 3 times or more it will be to soft and deform easily.

@mohamedzihan1216 3 года назад

What is that liquid you use to put that hot leaf spring

@vonsvinpals 3 года назад

Oil

@mohamedzihan1216 11 месяцев назад

Which oil?

@mandolinman2006 10 лет назад

These videos are amazing, though I'm having a hard time hearing him.

@Master...deBater 9 лет назад

mandolinman2006 That's because he speaks ENGLISH!

@wzukr 10 лет назад

Audio isn´t the best in this episode :-(

@GottliebGoltz 5 лет назад

Definitely not a two-pound a day Man. Yup.

@redtobertshateshandles 10 месяцев назад

He didn't get the " use enough file " joke. Stay away from those other file jokes.😮

@116Bears 10 лет назад

Time and skill aren't going to help you much without a machine shop available.

@chrismc410 5 лет назад

It will help even without a machine shop. It will just take way longer. After all, guns have been made for a lot longer without machine shops than with them

@xXMasterChief06Xx 10 лет назад

I remember when these videos used to be varied to support various operations across all types of weapon platforms. For a number of months now, this has been a shotgun gunsmithing channel. Disappointing. Unsubscribed.

@shananagans5 10 лет назад

They are doing a series. It won't last forever. It's also good general information.

@mtslyh 10 лет назад

Sheesh... "Number of months"???? Hardly. It's been a little over two weeks. Go ahead and unsubscribe. Your loss. No one here is going to miss you. They are taking advantage of the fact that they have Jack available to pass along his information. Also, you may not have been aware of this but many of the videos they have been posting over the past year are just videos that were shot several years ago whose format has been reworked. Larry is a busy guy and can't spend countless hours putting together videos for people who clearly have no patience whatsoever... Many of us really appreciate Larry and Jack taking the time to do this series. Time passes and opportunities are lost if you don't take advantage of them when you can. Some day you may learn to appreciate that. Until then, adios!

@BDBK666 10 лет назад

Good riddance. Nobody cares.

@flashperson 10 лет назад

No one will miss you. These two gentlemen are passing along valuable information to future gunsmiths i.e. me! The content in this video is invaluable. And just because they have been talking about shotguns doesn't make them any less valuable. Shotguns are HUGE in the gunsmithing world, so if you don't like it, get out of here, and good riddance.