Parabola in a separate line states he bought a Reilly/Greener Facile Princeps action/stock/forend from Southams for £2 minimum bid.

A few weeks ago I was visiting Gunter Pfommer down in Rocky Mount, Virginia just east of the Blue Ridge from Roanoke. While Gunter was checking out my 16 gauge he showed me an 1890's Purdey Sidelock SxS he was trying to fix. One of the mainsprings controlling the right-side hammer had broken. He had started to make a spring himself but then ran out of gas. . .and besides though he had trained at Ferlach in making springs. . he didn't much like it. He showed me the action before the owner arrived commenting that the viability of the whole gun depended on one specific hair-clip "V" spring hand-crafted individually specifically for that gun by one tradesman. I left while the owner and Gunter were still discussing the problem.

Which brings us back to the issue of Stock/action/forends available at auctions in UK for almost nothing. Might it be worthwhile to stockpile these? A spring from one of them might be more easily fitted in such a case than trying to make a new one? And are these subject to the same onerous UK export rules as antique firearms or can they be sent by mail or courier?

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