Richard6218
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Last week at the range I dropped the breech block detent and its spring from my Ruger Hawkeye, a single-shot .256 Winchester Magnum pistol. I picked up the parts and put them in the case with the gun and went to my local gun shop for help with removing a wedged case. When I opened the case the spring and detent were gone! I have absolutely no idea what happened to them, but after re-tracing my steps I have concluded that they are lost.
This gun is long out of production, having been built only in 1963 and 1964. Parts are not available from Ruger. Searches of suppliers who stock "thousands and thousands of gun parts" have never heard of a Ruger Hawkeye, much less stocked its parts. It appears my only option is to find someone who can fabricate these parts --- the spring may not be too much of a problem, if it can match the specs of the original. The detent is going to be a big problem, though. And it doesn't help that it's a tiny hunk of metal that has to meet precise specs, which I don't have.
The utter absurdity of this is that Ruger's original price listshows a total of $1.00 for both parts in 1964 dollars: $0.25 for the spring and $.75 for the detent. But without them, the gun won't function.
So here is my question: Who does this kind of specialized fabricating? I will be calling Ruger to try to get the engineering specs for them, but I need to find someone who can do the machining. I'll appreciate any leads.
Last week at the range I dropped the breech block detent and its spring from my Ruger Hawkeye, a single-shot .256 Winchester Magnum pistol. I picked up the parts and put them in the case with the gun and went to my local gun shop for help with removing a wedged case. When I opened the case the spring and detent were gone! I have absolutely no idea what happened to them, but after re-tracing my steps I have concluded that they are lost.
This gun is long out of production, having been built only in 1963 and 1964. Parts are not available from Ruger. Searches of suppliers who stock "thousands and thousands of gun parts" have never heard of a Ruger Hawkeye, much less stocked its parts. It appears my only option is to find someone who can fabricate these parts --- the spring may not be too much of a problem, if it can match the specs of the original. The detent is going to be a big problem, though. And it doesn't help that it's a tiny hunk of metal that has to meet precise specs, which I don't have.
The utter absurdity of this is that Ruger's original price listshows a total of $1.00 for both parts in 1964 dollars: $0.25 for the spring and $.75 for the detent. But without them, the gun won't function.
So here is my question: Who does this kind of specialized fabricating? I will be calling Ruger to try to get the engineering specs for them, but I need to find someone who can do the machining. I'll appreciate any leads.