With a lot of smith's the problem is economics. To come out the price they have to charge for 'making' a spring is so high people get irrate, so they just pick a specialty and refuse those kind of jobs.. Also there is the work flow. If a smith is mainly a barrelmaker, his stopping to produce a spring for you might cost hundreds in lost production.. Your best bet is to find an ameture smith or someone who still does general smithing..there's few of us left.. What spring were you needing replaced. Who made the lock..