WIth the wrap around wood grips off you can see some of the mechanism.
Sorry, not a very clear photo.
Mainspring housing is welded to the frame and has a recess milled in the back so a pair of flat springs perform the trigger disconnector return and the sear return functions.
the flat springs are from a coil about 8 feet long that you can find inside a lawn mower pull start mechanism.
Hammer strut is high tech 8 guage fencing wire with one end flattened for the slot in the hammer and pinned, and the other end rounded to fit in the divot in the mainspring housing cap.
Mainspring is again a FN /FAL item and is the hammer spring from that firearm shortened to suit the housing.
Looks very similar in every respect to a 1911 mainspring but a bit longer than most 1911 springs, something to keep in mind if you ever need to know, then again it might just be useless info.
This pic also shows the frame high spot that performs as the ejector and how the mag heel release has to be hinged from a point above the magazine proper to perform its function and not let the mag come out to easily. I found hinging it from behind the mag meant needing a spring to heavy for practical use and that the mag tended to slip out with even a slight pull.
this way the mag is blocked by a gate even without a spring there it stays in the mag well.
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