Has anyone been able to install a curved mainspring housing on their Norinco NP-29?

[bluemike807]

Loving the gun but I guess my palms aren't quite right for a straight mainspring housing.

In disassembling the pistol I noticed that he backstrap/mainspring housing on the NP-29 is non standard - the tip of the mainspring sits inside a little spring loaded cup within the housing - I've not seen this on conventional 1911's and makes me wonder how difficult it would be to find a compatible part.

Has anyone installed the swell-grip mainspring housing successfully on their NP-29?

 

[Ganderite]

Yes. Done it to several of them. It is a stn'd 1911 and takes all the 1911 parts.

 

[LeftFootOfDoom]

yah, all the 1911's i've had or seen are that way. The tail of the hammer extension thingy sits on the cup within the mainspring housing, totally normal.

 

[Spawn-Inc]

there is a tiny pin that holds the main spring and cup in place.

 

[BCRider]

That little cup is the standard. I think the ones you've seen were either different or the cup had been forgotten along the way.

 

[lejarretnoir]

I still have the original curved mainspring housing from an older NP29 that I swapped out for a straight one. Yea, it goes in.

 

[Hitzy]

He has a Springfield MSH....they are a little different, there is no retaining pin, you have to #### the hammer, stick an Allen key or something similar in size to retain the plunger cup, then disassemble.

 

[--Terry--]

It was one of the 1st things I did on my NP29. But that was like 7 years ago...