For more weird stuff with this Weihrauch:
I noticed there was a small coil spring sticking out of the middle of the trigger mech, which didn't look right, being there open-ended like that. I have yet to dismantle a Rekord, but checking the parts diagrams confirmed there is no such spring in the Rekord.
I picked the spring out: it's a thin-wire, soft spring like you would find in a ball-point pen, mangled from being churned by the trigger action. What the...???
The only spring in a HW35 like that is the safety spring, which is in fact quite similar. But the safety spring of my gun is at the safety, and intact. There is zero chance the spring could have gotten in there in my house.
I see no indications this Weihrauch has been opened after leaving the factory. Dealing with second-hand guns, I've learned to see the evidence of opening, especially in the screw and pin heads (which of course CAN and SHOULD be taken out without leaving any mark, but usually aren't). There are none in this gun. And the barrel, action and trigger mech all have the factory original greases in various states present. It seems the extra spring got in there 44 years ago, at the factory. Sloppy as all can be, dropping safety springs inside a trigger mech.
Re: the rough cut out(s) at the barrel fork: it seems these are part of some but not all HW35's, being there to give room to the barrel lock in various stages of cocking the gun. However, it seems really weird to me that they have been left as rough as they are, with zero attempt at smoothing before the bluing process. Looking at pictures of other HW35's, they don't look this rough.
Weird, I tells ya.
I noticed there was a small coil spring sticking out of the middle of the trigger mech, which didn't look right, being there open-ended like that. I have yet to dismantle a Rekord, but checking the parts diagrams confirmed there is no such spring in the Rekord.
I picked the spring out: it's a thin-wire, soft spring like you would find in a ball-point pen, mangled from being churned by the trigger action. What the...???
The only spring in a HW35 like that is the safety spring, which is in fact quite similar. But the safety spring of my gun is at the safety, and intact. There is zero chance the spring could have gotten in there in my house.
I see no indications this Weihrauch has been opened after leaving the factory. Dealing with second-hand guns, I've learned to see the evidence of opening, especially in the screw and pin heads (which of course CAN and SHOULD be taken out without leaving any mark, but usually aren't). There are none in this gun. And the barrel, action and trigger mech all have the factory original greases in various states present. It seems the extra spring got in there 44 years ago, at the factory. Sloppy as all can be, dropping safety springs inside a trigger mech.
Re: the rough cut out(s) at the barrel fork: it seems these are part of some but not all HW35's, being there to give room to the barrel lock in various stages of cocking the gun. However, it seems really weird to me that they have been left as rough as they are, with zero attempt at smoothing before the bluing process. Looking at pictures of other HW35's, they don't look this rough.
Weird, I tells ya.
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