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What is a mainspring?

What is a mainspring? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, that drives it by uncoiling.
  2. (figuratively) The most important reason for something.
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In addition to the hammer assembly, the kit includes the mainspring, the ambidextrous safety assembly, and an extra power plunger spring.
Maybe there's no firing pin, maybe it's broken, or perhaps the mainspring is weak.
The actual percussion lock has been modernized to include a coil mainspring and parts proven reliable and trouble-free.
Lifting the bolt handle to extract the fired case and compress the mainspring is very difficult.
I would be very careful in replacing a mainspring with one that is less than half as strong as the former.
I did get a few misfires, so I believe a stronger mainspring or perhaps a longer firing pin or both would take care of this.

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