This is a new tool that I will be offering to help with servicing certain Sigs. It will be on my revised website, hopefully up and running by weeks end.

If you are an armorer and are the first to guess what this tool is used for, it's yours. Of course, nothing is for nothing. I will require some feedback as to what you like or dislike about the tool, and what you would do to improve it. The tool is made from heat-treated tool steel and should provide years of service.

I will post a picture of it in use once someone has identified it.

Thanks.

Mainspring removal and reinstallation. Nice machining

It looks as if it might assist in holding the firing pin in when working on the removal breech block, or installing a Firing Pin Positioning Pin.

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I think it's a FPPP removal tool. The notch towards the screw in piece is probably to keep the slide in place while you push the FPPP out.

Looks like a P239 mainspring compressor/disassembly tool to me. If not, it still looks neat !

Hawk, email your address to me and I'll get one to you.

These will be available at an introductory price in about a week when my website gets back up. I'll post when it's back up.



The other two guesses were very good. Thanks for participating!

Gerry

Wow, I need one of those!
Does it work on the P239?

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
Wow, I need one of those!
Does it work on the P239?

I don't know. It was specifically designed for the P225 / P6. Email me your address and I'll send you one to try on the P239. If it doesn't work, you could let me know what dimensions need changing to make it work. I don't have a variety of Sigs to try it on (shame on me!).

Very cool. Necessity is the mother of invention. Well Done!

It would be great if it worked on the 239. It's always a fight to change the mainspring on the 239.

Gerry,

How do I get my hands on one of these?

Big

Gerry,

I just struggled with the P239 mainspring seat. The shape is different.




Put me on the list for one as well.

Thanks,

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I think I can make a variation of this tool to work in the 239. Can you post a picture of how it sets in the pistol. Unfortunately, neither of my local 'smith friends has a 239 for me to look at. Thanks.

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Originally posted by GerryR:
I think I can make a variation of this tool to work in the 239. Can you post a picture of how it sets in the pistol. Unfortunately, neither of my local 'smith friends has a 239 for me to look at. Thanks.

Here are some quick pics. I could take measurements later if you'd need them. Best bet would be too have some kindly Virginia Sig-Forum reader loan you a 239 for a fitting..

Thanks for the pictures. It is as I thought and I can make a variation that will work. I'll post a picture when I'm done.

Thank you for the offer, GerryR, but it seems as though you have a handle on the P239 thing so I'll let you pursue it on your own. I will, however, be watching the progress of your project with great interest. Although I'd buy a tool just for the older SIGs with the original mainspring design, being able to use it with current-production P239s will make it much more valuable.

Keep us posted on developments.

This will handle both the P239 and the older Sigs but is more involved to make. I'm still trying to simplify it but this is a first cut (pun intended).

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Originally posted by GerryR:
This will handle both the P239 and the older Sigs but is more involved to make. I'm still trying to simplify it but this is a first cut (pun intended).

That looks great.. sign me up.

Does the tool have enough length to compress a new spring onto the hammer strut?

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Does the tool have enough length to compress a new spring onto the hammer strut?

It does not have the length to install a new spring on a strut, but there are a couple of other tools that I intend to put in a kit that will take care of that issue. (Just not enough hours in a day to get all my projects finished.)

(Quote from my earlier post)True to his word, GerryR sent me the prototype tool. I can see how this would work with the P-6 for example because the P-6 or P-225 has a hook on the frame where the mainspring seats. This tool allows tension to be reomved from the mainspring to clear the hook. If you have a P-6, you should buy one.

It does not work as GerryR has said on the P-239 because the device compresses the spring down onto the base plate when it needs to go up.

This tool would be invalauble if it can be adapted for the P-239. It would avoid the risk of jamming a screwdriver into the base of your thumb when removing the P-239 main spring.

Kudos to GerryR (end Quote)

I received an email from GerryR yesterday offering to replace the prototype with the final version which I will do. I am impressed. Kudos again to GerryR.

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