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Model 1914 Pistol / New guy with question about trigger bar spring

« on: October 27, 2015, 06:24:12 PM »

I just bought my first Mauser pistol, a Model 1914 in 7.65.  In the process of disassembling it, I noticed that the trigger bar spring seemed to be installed 'upside down' from what I could see in the schematic I looked at and the video I watched.  On my gun, the longer of the two legs of the spring was below the shorter leg.  This seemed to be the reverse of what I could tell from the schematic and video.  I experimented and found that the spring could be installed either way - with the long leg above the short leg or with the short leg above the long leg.  I could not detect any difference in the functioning of the gun either way.  My question is, which way is the spring supposed to go, or does it matter?  TIA,
Scott