Biro springs always works for me.

A friend told me how, when he worked there, another of Purdey's gun makers found a particular brand of cheap biro with springs of the perfect strength and width. they bought as many as they could get and used them for years.

BTW- it is true that many guns never had them - the indent on the bottom of the extractors acts on an angle and pushes the strikers back into their holes when the gun is opened.

Last edited by Small Bore; 01/24/08 09:33 AM.
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