H&R Hammerless .38 S&W

The coil spring fits inside the rear of the trigger guard.
There should be just a small recess in the trigger guard for one coil to set into.
You have to assemble the sear and spring into the rear trigger guard with a short Dummy Pin, ( a cut off round toothpick works really well ) the width of the trigger guard housing, and then when assembled into the frame, the sear Pivot pin pushes the dummy pin out when it is inserted.
I have a whole collection of similar pistols that I got in the same or worse condition than yours.
Got them all firing again, but I had to Make most of the missing parts since I cant always find what I need.
there is no spring on the lifter.
The lifter fits into the notch of the hammer and when the Hand is pushed forward by that spring, it puts tension on the lifter.

There are parts there that don't belong to that gun. The lever (hand) and its spring appear to be from a later model (see GPC diagram for the 925 et al.). The straight spring coming down from the hand fits into a hole in the new type trigger. The correct lever and lever spring for that gun are shown as GPC HRH-22, and HRH-23. The correct lever spring has a lug that contacts the sloping ramp on the lifter to push the lever forward and the lifter back.

Also, the hammerless (concealed hammer) guns don' t have the type of sear LAGS is thinking of since the hammer cannot be cocked.

Jim

Thank you Jim, You are correct on the Hammerless model.
The last one I rebuilt was a Hammer model made in 1907.
I know it was that year, because it had half of the new style parts, and half of the old style parts.
They changed models that year, and everything on that gun was original.

I am probably responsible for a couple of "new models". When I couldn't get those lever springs any more, I did a quickie redesign to use a wire spring; the fix worked OK, but no one is going to find that spring in the GPC catalog.

Jim

The part #22 is the correct lever for your gun, but the lever shown in your pictures is not that part. Part #22 is made so the spring #23 fits into the back part; the left end of the spring in the GPC picture fits into the curved "hook" at the back of the lever. The right end of the spring (you can't tell from the picture) has a side projection that rides on that straight ramp in the lifter.

Apparently they sent you the wrong part (they may be out of the correct one), and you will have to either modify the lever you have and make a spring to work like the original or get the correct lever and spring.

Jim

I can't do it right now, but tomorrow I will try to do a sketch showing how the correct lever (hand) and spring work with the lifter. That lever is simply wrong, period; it is for a later gun.

Jim

I will sttempt to attach the sketch I promised. I hope it is clear, but note that the lever is NOT the one you have in the pictures.

The numbers are the part numbers from the GPC catalog.

Jim