I have a few nice Webley MK 3 rifles in to check over. On a couple of them it felt like someone had put a really heavy spring in as they were almost impossible to cock. On stripping I found the cocking lever was far too tight a fit in the two lugs under the tap unit and I had to take down their width quite a bit. This seems strange as you would expect old rifles like these to wear in that area, not get tighter. Has anyone found this problem before ?

Baz