Every now and then my P14 sporter gives a light strike and I suspect it's due to a tired mainspring. Will the mainspring from a Lee Enfield fit and work?
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Every now and then my P14 sporter gives a light strike and I suspect it's due to a tired mainspring. Will the mainspring from a Lee Enfield fit and work?
These are made about 20min from here and would you know they will not sell direct to the public off the street.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve762
The P14 spring is larger diameter; I don't think that a Lee Enfield mainspring has a big enough inisde diameter to slide onto the P14 striker.Quote:
Originally Posted by harry mac
The engineer in me says that when you compress a spring, even a tired spring to the same load, every time, as you do with a rifle bolt, then it will exert the same released force each time. After all, a spring is simply a mechanical means of storing energy isn't it? A bit like an elastic band! So if it fires some caps and not others or is inconsistent, I suggest something else. After all, we now KNOW the loading on the tip of the striker will be constant
Nope....... I suggest different strength primers