The Dixie Gun Works springs are way over sized. I take the broken spring as a guide for length and thickness. When reducing the thickness I file the along the length of the spring. It is said that if you file up or down along the width of the spring It could cause it to be weak. If you use a Dremel try not to get the spring hot. When I have ordered top lever springs I get several because you never know when the next one will break. As I recall it is about an hours worth of work from start to finish.
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