HOLD OPEN LATCH WITH SPRING for P 08

[DaveN]

Story: discovered P08 missing Hold open latch and spring (HOLwS).
Found one ordered one it arrived.
Only lifts the latch about half way...not enough to engage bolt when mag empty.
Put HOLwS from friends P08 and it works on mine and mine not on his.
I fiddled with the spring and got the lift I needed and it worked.
But now the spring was too loose.
When I tried tightening the curled part on the spring it snapped.
Hence 2 more springs are on the way.
Just a note;the grove between the latch and the spring I noticed is 3mm wider(7mm) then the original part (4-4.5mm) and thought that could be the cause?

Can anyone draw any conclusions?

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