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I'm betting a call to Brownell's will yield a very similar spring that can be bought one-off.
I'd weld it first.
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I was told by two competent double gunsmiths (Ken Owens and Ed Mason) that a spring like that can't be welded....so I'd scrap that idea.
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Sidelock
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I'll make you one if you send me the old one in the post.
Cheers
T Best advice you've had 
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Homey Joe must be smokin the pipe early today. Springs like that CAN be welded. And if you haven't tried it, you don't know what you're talking about.
Take another puff Joey.
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My suggestion is a little different. If you are handy enough to strip and clean your doubles, you can learn to make your own springs. I've been making springs for twenty years to save money and downtime waiting for a 'smith. The spring stock is available from Brownell's. The only other things you need are patience, a few simple tools and a heat source. You may break a few at first but once you get the hang of it, it's remarkable how simple the process can be. Brownell's has instructions, or buy the Jack Rowe CD from Midway and watch him make a top lever spring. Some will say you need a fancy furnace or other stuff to harden and temper springs but you can do it fine by eye using the color of the steel. Jack Rowe doesn't use a furnace and neither do I.
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I first learned Springmaking from Roy Dunlap's book Gunsmithing many uears ago. As Hammergun said its not really that difficult & have successfully made a good many over the years. My heat treat "Furnace" was a propane torch, watching the colors. As Dunlap said once you have it made put it in a vice & squeeze it shut, if its too soft it will not spring back & needs re-heattreating. On the other hand if its too hard, Start Over, that one just broke.
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I Didn't Say Everything I Said, Yogi Berra
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My offer was genuine. If someone hasn't/can't/doesn't want to make a spring I've said I'll make one for him. I haven't even said I'd charge him.  T
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Homey Joe must be smokin the pipe early today. Springs like that CAN be welded. And if you haven't tried it, you don't know what you're talking about.
Take another puff Joey. I guess Ken Owens and Ed mason are wrong....do me a favor bOgus bOb or who ever you are stop stalking me.
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Sorry Joe. Didn't know you were so thin skinned. Was just followin' yer format. You're actually my hero.
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UhOhh, looks like hOmie jOe does have a stalker; this ought be be fun!...Geo
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