I remember in the 70's and 80's when Skeeter Skelton and others wrote home gunsmithing articles (also known as "the professional gunsmith's friend") about putting a bend in one leg of a Colt revolvers V-shaped mainspring for a better double-action pull. When I bought this early Three-Fifty-Seven in the last century, I assumed that's why this bend was there on this excellent condition gun:
I was cleaning it today, and thought I'd ask the experienced members here if they agreed with my opinion, or if I've gone around the "bend".