Has it dawned on anyone at how much trouble you guys calling a little, fragile piece of stamped brass a "spring" has caused me???????????????

A "spring" looks like a miniature "Slinky" -- and bears no resemblance whatsoever to a little, fragile piece of stamped brass. There is no "spring" anywhere near the area you've been describing.

There is, however, a little piece of stamped brass with two prongs that are bent backwards at the top of each prong.

When you press gently on that little piece of misnamed metal, the "click" magically disappears.

A spring is a spring unless you're British -- and you're "shagged" if you don't know the difference.

(Uuuuuhhhhhh....Wait a second! Didn't the British used to own Smith and Wesson???????)