Once I was cleaning the bolt from a M1 Carbine, and the extractor spring made a bid for freedom. After some searching, I realized that with no idea of which way it'd gone, my chances of locating such a tiny spring would be nil. Later that evening, I was watching TV, and I noticed one of my dogs had a burr on the back of her neck. I reached down to pick it off, and realized it was the greasy spring stuck to her fur...
My wife swears she has spent half of our married life hunting for springs and small parts. She also hates finding spent primers in the carpet after a reloading session. Oh well, we can't all be perfect!
I have learned that it is wise to keep a strong magnet handy. I have found numerous springs, plungers, and other such parts using an old speaker spring I keep *stuck* to my reloading desk.
Haha!!! Lol! One time is all it takes! Did u but the stock tool yet?
What Nikat said. I got a couple big magnets that I use often.
LOL. I can resemble that remark too. Just remind her to be glad that they're not LIVE primers!
I swept the entire garage one day then pulled out a magnet to go over the pile of debris. Finally found the spring for the magazine catch on my old P220. Also did the hands and knees move in my livingroom looking for a spring for my Glock. It was then when I learned the value of a 2 gallon ziplock bag. Really keeps those boing, bing, ting, tick, tick, tick pieces from launching into orbit.
Don't worry, just fire up the lawn mower. You'll find it in no time.
Then you can ask here if it's worth contacting the municipality in which you live to see if they'd reimburse you for the bent shaft.
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