Gunsmith near Colorado Springs

[Jacob Duke]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

A very early trojan would have a V top lever spring. All others will have the later style coil spring/plunger setup. The issue you describe sounds like a broken top lever spring, and it is likely the earlier V-spring since the later style is not prone to breaking and if it were to break, it would keep working since it is completely housed in a tube of sorts.

Thanks! This one was was made in 1912 so it sounds like a v spring. I assumed it was something relatively simple, but I would much rather have a professional such as yourself look at it and fix it.