Lets talk about flat springs!

spangy · 11-04-2020, 02:13 PM

WOW ... as far back as 1721. ! ! !
I bet you would get my name right too Doubs.

And where I grew up Doubs, if you were German ... you were a Nazi.
I guess it depends where and when you grew up ... the immediate post WWII years had their challenges for German immigrants/refugees in North America that's for sure.
Yet another one of my pet peeves.
I wish I had grown up in Germany even though I love my country Canada.
And to me a Luger is not a 'Nazi gun' but a brilliant work of art and engineering from a German inventor.
I blame Hollywood for a lot of this stereotyping.

Thanks my friend

G.T. · 11-05-2020, 11:25 AM

Hi to all, in reading Rons and Dons posts it would seem that a spring with equal thickness thin (.75 to .85) leafs, (measured at the same spot every time) would be for the 1900 .30 as well as the 02 .30 carbines with the forearm assist spring?
Then it gets kind a blurry as to application?....

.... I would think any additional thickness would be for another application, 9mm and such, and at that time probably far less common. As Don suggests, they could have increased the leaf thickness on both leaves a little and made a "catch all" spring that crossed over both ways?... any more thoughts and real time measurements as to application?

.... best, til....lat'r.....GT

11-05-2020, 11:25 AM	#2
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,530 Thanks: 1,334 Thanked 3,711 Times in 1,014 Posts	if that's so, then this must be so! Hi to all, in reading Rons and Dons posts it would seem that a spring with equal thickness thin (.75 to .85) leafs, (measured at the same spot every time) would be for the 1900 .30 as well as the 02 .30 carbines with the forearm assist spring? Then it gets kind a blurry as to application?........ I would think any additional thickness would be for another application, 9mm and such, and at that time probably far less common. As Don suggests, they could have increased the leaf thickness on both leaves a little and made a "catch all" spring that crossed over both ways?... any more thoughts and real time measurements as to application? .... best, til....lat'r.....GT

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11-04-2020, 02:13 PM	#1
spangy Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 628 Thanks: 3,176 Thanked 1,067 Times in 436 Posts	WOW ... as far back as 1721. ! ! ! I bet you would get my name right too Doubs. And where I grew up Doubs, if you were German ... you were a Nazi. I guess it depends where and when you grew up ... the immediate post WWII years had their challenges for German immigrants/refugees in North America that's for sure. Yet another one of my pet peeves. I wish I had grown up in Germany even though I love my country Canada. And to me a Luger is not a 'Nazi gun' but a brilliant work of art and engineering from a German inventor. I blame Hollywood for a lot of this stereotyping. Thanks my friend