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    M1903 Magazine Spring

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    I have 2 magazine springs for my M1903 Springfield (not a3) The one that was in the rifle is slightly taller than the replacement I purchased. The diagonal legs are also slightly longer as well. The width and step down where the spring goes into the follower is the same.

    Can you tell me what do I have and what did I buy.

    I purchased a new spring because the nose of the follower sometimes gets hung up in the magazine, so I thought it might be worn out.

    Somehow I have doubled the pictures and can't seem to figure out how to remove one set.

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    Stuart
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    It looks like the same spring, they would take a set after being loaded for some time. The new one may not be exactly the same because of the time it was made. It may be a bit bigger because it's unused.
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    Different manufacturers can produce springs that function the same but don't look the same.

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    Just to make it clear, the replacement is the smaller one. It is shorter top to bottom and the diagonal legs are shorter as well. I was thinking that maybe the one that was in the rifle is for an M1917 and the replacement is actually correct for an M1903.

    Stuart

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    They could both be correct, hard to say from here...
    Regards, Jim

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