New DWM 1911 Luger

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Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair

Richard..You are right of course..any spring under compression can squirt out and be lost.

Yessir! For a real challenge, try field stripping one of the Erma Luger-wannabes! There is a trick involving the toggle to minimize the pressure, but still there's a chance you'll be on your hands and knees for a while. The soft "tent" around the work area would help quite a bit, I'd think. If a spring does escape, however, I've had success at finding springs and their guide rods post-launch with the use of a magnet. I recommend one of those right angle/setup magnets, the kind that's quite potent and has an on/off switch. The switch rotates magnets within the body; when they are lined up to "off", they cancel each other out and most ferrous material stuck to it just drops off.