Quote Originally Posted by noobzor99 View Post
if I had spent the $5 on a replacement recoil spring earlier...
Don't second guess yourself...if your aunt had a couple things she'd be your uncle... What happened, happened and if you aren't hurt, then that's sometimes as good as it gets. I broke a receiver and simply parted out the carbine and carried on. Too bad to, it was a second serial number block Winchester...(parts gun)