Gentlemen,
in an other post :
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=179695
I presented my 16 ga. SN 8858. It did come with a recoil spring having a square cross-section (profile). Because of this, Jeff Mull mentioned:
Interestingly, an A5 in 16 ga. SN 13xxx owned by "Tijeras_Slim" also comes with a square section recoil spring.
Well, just recently, I bought an early FN manual for the A5 which was exported to Australia (an Australian address of the former owner is present). No printing date, but I'm quiet sure, it was printed between 1909 (both the 12 ga. and the 16 ga. are shown) and the outbreak of WWI.
What is most interesting is a large foldout showing sectional drawings of an A5. There, you can clearly see: a recoil spring having a square cross-section.
The question arises, when the change from square to round cross-section occurred? Before 1923 I guess, but this is just a hunch.
Regards
Martin
Has anybody Jeff's email address? I liked to know his opinion, but it seems, he wasn't active here for a while.
in an other post :
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=179695
I presented my 16 ga. SN 8858. It did come with a recoil spring having a square cross-section (profile). Because of this, Jeff Mull mentioned:
I don't had any reasons to doubt this, because Jeff is THE expert on really old A5s here. I just wondered about it, because my A5 is a European gun never been in the US. So, how comes a Remington 11 spring in a European A5?? The Remington 11s never were sold here. So, under normal circumstances, you will not find any Remington parts in a vintage A5 in Europe.Jeff Mull said:
Interestingly, an A5 in 16 ga. SN 13xxx owned by "Tijeras_Slim" also comes with a square section recoil spring.
Well, just recently, I bought an early FN manual for the A5 which was exported to Australia (an Australian address of the former owner is present). No printing date, but I'm quiet sure, it was printed between 1909 (both the 12 ga. and the 16 ga. are shown) and the outbreak of WWI.
What is most interesting is a large foldout showing sectional drawings of an A5. There, you can clearly see: a recoil spring having a square cross-section.
The question arises, when the change from square to round cross-section occurred? Before 1923 I guess, but this is just a hunch.
Regards
Martin
Has anybody Jeff's email address? I liked to know his opinion, but it seems, he wasn't active here for a while.