Good pictures Craig. I was unaware of the "W" spring. As Joe may have told you I told him about it. The gunshop owner had called me to help him identify just what it was. I was mystified by the barrel, it is basically a straight tube with some old (?) rifle sight soldered on the front. The lacking of a front lock up lug worried me, but I recognized the action as a good potential and went looking for a barrel. I missed a 1950 barrel on Ebay by 2seconds when I was overbid. The only other one I found was on gunbroker and the opening cost of that was beyond my budget for what I felt the project would cost. Joe and I discussed his "new" project, and I'm very interested in seeing it. But like you said, it will be a couple years. He's having it done right. One thing I would do is replace that "W" spring. I have a handful of mainsprings if he needs one.

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