I bought an old Steven in 25-20 Single Shot. It needs a new hammer spring. I am not exactly certain which model I have. I'm thinking 44 but I could be way off.  I checked Wisners and the best I can tell I need the spring 12B for the 1894 Intermediate but my hammer doesn't look exactly like the one pictured. But it certainly doesn't resemble any of the others either but the Intermediate seems to be the closest.  Once I know exactly what I have then ordering parts won't be much of an issue.  I hope.  Any and all help greatly appreciated.  Thank you. 

Will a picture actually help?  It looks just like all the other pics I have seen of the Stevens SS rifles. I do know the upper receiver tang is drilled and tapped for what I believe to be a Lyman adjustable sight.   
As far as having a spring made there is no reason to order a custom spring because Wisner has 4 variations of hammer springs. All I need to do is determined which spring I need.  It's a safe bet that it isn't the coil spring setup because my hammer looks nothing like the one pictured in their website for a coil spring type action. Plus there would at least be the rest of the assembly present even if the spring was gone.   
But I will try to take a decent photo later on and post it. 
Thanks.

Coil spring hammers and flat spring hammers can and do look the same. Ken is correct, and we need to see the rifle/action. Many different models with many major differences.   

Plus, we just want to see your rifle. 

        Joe.

uscra112 wrote on Jun 4^th, 2016 at 2:29pm:


Must be the same one he sent me, but I skipped the surgery.  Instead, I just use two hands to cock it.  No, not really, but talk about positive ignition!

"The spring in a 44 looks like this"  

Not always. My dad had one that used a flat spring connected to the top tang.  The spring was broken, of course. That must be why Stevens went to the coil spring in the higher grade rifles. 




      Joe. 

bnice wrote on Jun 4^th, 2016 at 8:37pm:

The Walnut Hill (Model 417) had a coil spring strut much like the 1915 Favorites.

I observe that deHaas shows the 1894 Favorite as having a cantilevered spring with a hole in it. The spring is firmly screwed down to the lower tang, and the hammer is shaped to accommodate it.   (I cannot confirm, as I have yet to acquire one in that period.)  

That fact might account for Wisner's having identified an "intermediate" spring style for the 44.   The early Favorite "bow" mainspring is close enough to the 44 "bow" mainspring that a casual observer might be forgiven for thinking that they are the same part, and by extrapolation might mistakenly believe that the 44 copied the Favorite's cantilever style spring at some time.  It didn't.  

I believe the Wisner catalog is in error, twice over.  First in listing a "holey" spring for the 44, and second for listing the 12AB spring for both the 44 and the early Favorite.  While the 12AB spring does fit into and function in both rifles, the OEM Favorite spring was of .042" thickness, while the OEM 44 spring is .065".  The Wisner spring is .055", splitting the difference, but not to the advantage of either.  In the 44 it works, but won't provide quite as positive a hammer blow, and in the Favorite it takes two hands to cock the hammer, as Redsetter and I can both testify.  

Pending positive identification of the O.P.'s rifle,  I believe what he wants to order is the 12AB spring. 


Oh, and Joe?  I believe your Dad was holding either the rifle or you upside down. 

Parkenfarker hadn't signed his name to it, had he?   

Thank you so much gentlemen.  Just reading your replies tells me 2 or 3 things:
1....There seems to be a considerable amount of confusion even among you guys who know what's going on.  Can you imagine how I feel?  Lost pretty describes my status.
2....Despite the research I have done apparently what little I learned was wrong.  This adds to my "lost" status. 
3.... I came to the right place to get some definitive answers.  I'm going to go take some pics now and try to post them.  Please forgive the condition of the rifle. I saw it as a shooter and not as a collector piece. 
Wish me luck.   Lol