Hello

Just a quick question for the more experienced/knowledgeable than me....

In the past I have heated up and squashed coils down on springs, also cut springs and then squashed the last coil to flatten it successfully.

I want to do some experimenting with a gun. I'm trying to reduce felt recoil and more importantly, reduce hold sensistivty.

If I squashed rather than removed a coil, could I heated it back up again at a later date and pull the squashed coils back to normal length? Would the spring be ruined or would it revert back to it's normal function? It sounds a daft question, but has anyone tried this successfully. I need some advice of the physics experts....

Thank you