You could lock the action open and leave it that way and I doubt that it will "set" the mainspring in your lifetime... or your heirs... A mainspring doesn't cost all that much either...
__________________
regards, -John S
"...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL and are endowed by their Creator with certain UNALIENABLE rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."
|