SliXprings Lever Spring

They are a fine product.

After spending countless hours fiddling with every other spring and part of my '73 in a vain attempt to rid it of that hump in the middle of the lever stroke, I installed SliXprings Lever Spring and that did the trick! Smoothed out the stroke, can race gun it sin problemas! I've ordered two of these, one as a backup, so I'll never be without.

I'd give this product 10 stars if it were allowed. After spending countless hours trying to take that 'hump' out of the lever stroke, adjusting everything I could, including Dremeling the standard leaf-style lever lifter springs, found out all I had to do was install this product and now the lever moves as smoothly with the hammer down as with the hammer cocked. Yeee-haaaaaa!

I have a hair trigger on my Uberti 73 now. ;)

works great just what i wanted

I am no gunsmith but I have tried several brands of lever springs. These are the easiest to install and tune. SliXsprings are the only ones I will use or recommend, period!

Hawk

Just did not work in my 1866. Not close to strong enough.

Reply from Slixprings:

Apparently the instructions were not followed that was sent with the parts. This is NOT a drop in part and will require custom fitting as clearly stated on the website and in the instructions. If the springs are not strong enough as the reviewer states then we would have tons of complaints, of which we don’t. We sell lots of these springs to gunsmiths also and never had an issue of them being not strong enough.

I have accumulated 5 Uberti 73s over 26 years. 4 have SliXprings lever springs. Two were put in when the stock ones broke. The other were put in by the gunsmiths who built them. The last set installed were pure drop in, no bending or grinding. Adjust with the screws to taste. They don't wear out or get out of adjustment. They're the only ones I buy.

not able to get the elevator spring to exert enough force on lifter arm, the lever worked well however

Reply from Slixprings:

Do to variances in the rifle manufacturing… some tuning is required. Excerpt from the installation instructions. #5 Tighten the screw until you get the desired pressure, being ever aware of the position of the spring tab on the cam. If proper location is NOT apparent when smooth proper pressure is achieved, bend the tab to the best location.

Excellent product so far. I like the fact that they are a little oversized on the block and the spring length so that they can be tuned exactly to each action. It did not take long with a mill file and 600 grit sand paper to fit them to my 1873 in .44-40. The action feels great!

Fit and finish was excellent with nothing left to keep the fit from being nice and tight. Time will tell if the use of locktight will keep the screw placement as I backed off a bit to gentle out the cycling of the action.

Worked really well in my 73. I had another brand, but these were smoother.