I just received a side lock P. Webley SxS best gun made in 1894. It came with a firing pin that broken off at the base. After removing the disk - there were no return springs. I am having a new firing pin made but the question came up when did firing pin return springs first appear? Seems like a natural evolutionary thing but now as I think about it some of my older guns did not have them either. Seems like the tip of a pin could stick in a primer and get a bending force each time the action was opened. Seems like since hammer guns evolved to rebounding locks, you would want a return mechanism of some kind as the rebounding hammers moved internally? There must be some history and thoughts on this out there in the group that could be shared?
Rick
Last edited by Gankai; 03/28/24 09:56 PM.
