Help with High Standard Model A pistol

[Steve Steven]

Hope this is OK to post this here.

Do we have anyone with High Standard experience here? I can use some help.

I am working on restoring a Model A pistol, and have reached a stumbling block with the sear spring. I cannot get it installed. The pistol came to me partially assembled, with the sear and pin installed without the spring. I got a spring from my parts stash but cannot get it in. I am trying to install the spring with the bent leg pressing on the front face of the sear, and the long leg against the upper part of the frame. Don’t know if this is correct as I haven’t seen a picture or drawing of one installed.

Know any people with a good working knowledge of this pistol?

Thanks for any help.

Horace “Steve” Steven

[pietro]

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I hope this can help you: https://www.bevfitchett.us/firearms-...-model-hb.html

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[Green Frog]

Thirty years ago I could have installed that spring with my eyes closed. But I haven’t done one... for thirty years. It seems that the NRA Disassembly Manual has a thorough breakdown of the Model B which is just like you Model A in all but grip frame length.

Froggie

[Steve Steven]

Pietro,
Thanks for the link, but that is the same as the NRA Firearms Disassembly and is not what I have.

Green Frog,
As mentioned above, the pistol I am working on is different, there is a cutout in the sear where the pin goes through, this cutout takes a torsion spring of 1 1/2 coils, with one leg shorter and bent at the end, the other leg is longer and straight. The NRA book shows a coil spring with plunger installed horizontally pressing on the front of the sear, the sear does not have the cutout mine has. Mine from web page:

Sear parts.pdf

I have met you many years ago, would you be interested in a facetime chat over the phone?

Steve

[Steve Steven]

I have successfully gotten the pistol together. I got the sear spring in by tying the spring down with thin (1/32 dia ) soft iron wire compressing it enough to get into place so the pin could start in, displace the slave pin, and go into place. Then I broke the wire out with long nose pliers and pulled it out, releasing the sear spring onto its place.

Thanks for the help

Steve