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Originally Posted by Ron Wood
No. The drawing you posted does not show how the spring actually fits (Egad!..an error in an old document  ) The spring just tucks up under the lug at the bottom of the grip. There is nothing wrong with your gun. Glad the mainspring is OK. I kind of suspected the toggle hook was not engaged but didn't get around to posting. Sorry...but then think about the fun you had finding out! 
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I stripped it down tonight and removed the mainspring...There was a goodly amount of crud under it...I was kind of apprehensive about getting it back in...Thor had mentioned that putting them back in can test your patience...But with the frame clamped to my lathe table, and using half a clothespin to push it, it went right in...After only 5 tries...
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Originally Posted by Karl
Congratuations on a nice looking (from the one pic) 1900...We await a full set of pictures.
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I don't have a full set, and my magazine is out for repairs, but here's a sneak peek...
The seller wanted four times what the experts here thought it would be worth...But I managed to negotiate it down to only three times what it's worth...