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PetahW · July 16, 2012, 10:51 AM

FWIW, With the assembled action in hand, why not just make a few measurements from a little beyond the mainspring's rear anchor point, to the hammer attachment point, and go from there to fashion a new mainspring 2/3'd the width of the tang at the rear anchor end, tapering to whatever width was needed to swing with the hammer ?

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July 16, 2012, 10:51 AM	#2
PetahW Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2008 Posts: 3,278	FWIW, With the assembled action in hand, why not just make a few measurements from a little beyond the mainspring's rear anchor point, to the hammer attachment point, and go from there to fashion a new mainspring 2/3'd the width of the tang at the rear anchor end, tapering to whatever width was needed to swing with the hammer ? .