On the same gun in two consecutive hunts I had a broken Southgate ejector spring and a main spring. The spring job was simple compared to the dismantling and those engraved indexed screws, no plain axles on this gun. Experiences like these tend to influence choices.

The local general spring maker can copy any coil or wire spring for a few Euros. V springs are a different story. I was lucky with the boxlock's plain Vs, well lucky insofar as it was not a sidelock.