Thanks for those who sent me info on how to remove the Locks on my old lifter. Did that this morning and while thinking I had a broken spring, it appears that fix would have been easier then what I encountered. Anyway, I took pictures because I'm not sure what the proper name is. It's the piece that hooks to the bottom of the leaf spring from the hammer mechanism. One picture is worth a thousand words, so the good one (left lock):
And the hosed up one:
Can someone identify what this part is so I will know what to start looking for? Or does someone have one in a parts bin somewhere that they might be willing to part with. I do have the little piece that fell off put away and perhaps it can be TIG welded, but this sucker is tiny.
PS. This is gonna cramp my turkey hunting this year. Might have to go with the old standby:
For what its worth, the stock was repaired by Bill Scharwz (probably spelling it wrong) in Ga years ago. This broken piece just happened. It was fine about a month ago when I pulled it out from long term storage. Such is the life of old guns I guess. Good news is everything looked pretty clean in there in my opinion. Appreciate any and all assistance of course. Tut