1940 "42" code

[Zorba]

Originally Posted by mrerick

If you need the little curved L shaped take down lever spring, I think you can get them from Tom Heller "lugerdoc". It slides into the bottom of the hole the take down lever fits into to provide a detent that keeps it in the locked position while firing. If it's missing, the take down lever will slide right out when you've got it in dis-assembly position.

The takedown lever *does* detent into place - rather well. With that said, I'm not seeing a spring, but I'm researching this now. Any pointers to a picture would be helpful!