Hi guys, I have just serviced my first '45' in more years than I care to remember, I certainly didn't remember the whole assy. and so one little part suddenly struck me as odd. Does anyone know for sure, or have any idea as to why Weihrauch put the mainspring guide in the position they have??, from memory 'basic' springers have the guide at the cylinder end plug of the mechanism, which to my basic sense of things would be right; the piston to an extent controls the distortion of the spring at one end externally on the spring and the guide sits inside the spring and controls the 'freer' end. However Weihrauch in this gun have gone opposite. Has anyone tried to swap the guide over to the 'normal' end and if so is there any advantage/disadvantage??
Also and I blame this either on old age and a senior moment of epic proportions or the super high strength pain killers I am taking for a bout of Sciatica making me more drowsy than normal, when I finished the service the gun would only part cock; the piston moving about 3/4" and then 'solid', after several strips and assembly's I began turning the pistol every which way to find the problem - - DOH!!!, as I was only check testing the gun I hadn't re-tightened the grub screw that locks the barrel pivot pin and it was protruding just enough to strike the end of the main frame inside the fork area!!!! hence total stop, so just a hint don't undo the screw enough for the end to show past the face of the barrel housing, or remove it completely; it will stop you from doing what I did and possibly stop a lot of frustration.
Look forward to hearing your replies.
Cheers
abellringer