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Old 06-16-2018, 11:24 AM
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Actually a good recoil spring is very hardy. I have been cleaning handguns for 50 years and never broke one. I would guess the spring was weakened in the heating process and sent out defective. You would have to be excessively aggressive in cleaning it to break it if it wasn't already defective.
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