David,
The top lever spring for the hammer gun is longer than the hammerless version. Be sure to save the pieces of the old spring as a guide in cutting down the new spring to fit. I reduce the size of the top lever spring on a grinder, but a word of caution to grind the length of the spring not up and down the short side. If you do the latter it will, I am told, cause the spring to break. Dixie Gun Works has both hammer and hammerless springs for about $5.00 each and I have had great luck with them. I have ground them down to fit in about ten min. Parker used three sizes of top lever springs and I have had to reduce the size of a hammergun spring to fit some hammerless Parkers. Small needle nose vice grips are worth their weight in gold for this operation.
Harry
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