Can this be fixed ?
 

One leg of the safety slide spring broke off on my Belgium 410 SxS and I haven't been able to find a replacement spring yet.

Is it possible that the parts could be welded back together ?

Any help on repairs or leads on a spring would be appreciated.

Thanks, Karl

It could definitely be welded by someone good enough, but I would almost gaurantee that it would either be soft of hard as a rock and brittle when done unless someone who knows how puts it through an annealing and hardening process.

Contact Abe Chaber in CT. He is an expert at making springs and was trained as a gunsmith back in Germany.





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what Dean said - that's an easy one for some one who makes springs-

be a good one to learn on if you are good with a jeweler's saw and a file

https://www.gunspares.co.uk/shopdisp...ch=Yes&sppp=50

This site in the UK has a lot of springs. I bought a V main spring for an early Greener from them once. They have a few safety springs.
People talk about Tig like it’s a magic wand, but a spring that thin will probably disintegrate.

It can probably be laser welded back. Contact Tony South at Micro Precision Welding, 269-668-2760

Tony has done many such flat springs for me. And they're ALL still going strong.

I would find a replacement before I would repair it. Can we see a picture of your Belgian Browning side by side?

Bill, It's a 1931 Belgium Guild gun 410 SxS with no makers stamp but looks nearly identical to my brothers Francotte 410.

I put the spring back in and the safety appears to work just fine... Is there any reason why it shouldn't keep on working with just one side of the spring ?

Thanks, Karl

I may be overthinking this, but I don't see why it wouldn't function as is, with a lighter spring detent. If it trying to cock sideways, a thin strip of flat stock the right width and thickness and a touch of SuperGlue under the safety slider where the piece used to set might be a temporary fix to give that side of the slide support. If it worked OK, a strip of Brownells 300deg Silver Solder could be added.

Excuse me, I thought I had read "Browning". What a nice gun that must be.