Quote Originally Posted by kevmar View Post
A HW made in the 70's or 80's is a completely different thing
to the twangy rubbish with sharp cut ended springs they churn out now.
This gets bandied about on here a lot.

Apart from the spring in what way are they different?

Because from what I've seen a modern CNC'd HW is far better than anything I've seen with West Germany stamped on it.