I must say that I am impressed with the attention to detail from BSA, with the piled arms stamp on the spring edge … I don’t suppose there was a need...
Lol I must admit that even though I love my springers (and I really do love them, but not in the I want one of you f'ing springer deviants in my tent...
I did try that exact method, but it felt like there was quite a bit of resistance so stopped for fear of damaging the fill port. I'll give it another...