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[Military Engineer]

Originally Posted by spangy

22 is the normal coil count for a mainspring. Before I started shaving metal I would exhaust all other avenues.

"There is a little resistance to the toggle train going back into the fork when I reassemble. It's always been that way, but never given me the issue before."

The only resistance one would normally feel would be when the breach bolt engaged the ejector spring when reassembling. Anything above that and I would start to think about the re-barrel warping or altering the fork positions. Grab a caliper and measure the distance between the forks to check for warped forks all along the forks front to back. It should be around .51" give or take .005" but most importantly they should be the same distance all along the forks, front, middle and back, any noticeable distance change would indicate a warped or 'bent' fork. You also must check the vertical orientation but if it was a vertical aberration you would most likely notice that the axle pin would not fit smoothly.

Again though, I would start with the mainspring.

Good luck Mark.

Spangy,

Good onfo. I'll measure tonight. In the meantime, I'm going to order Wolff's gunspring packet for this since it's only a $20 deal or so. If this doesn't solve it, and there is a noticable difference in the fork alignment, is there a fix to this or is it toast and now just a wall hanger? I can't imagine the hardened steel being very amenable to shaping.