Universal receiver and double springs

[free1954]

Hard to find replacement eyes too.

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[Chris W.]

As said in my earlier post, bolts coming back into the shooters faces, and the resulting law suits put them out of business, or caused them to sell off. I don't care what condition a 2 spring Universal is in, I'm not holding it up to my face. It may not fail the next shot or in the next hundred, but one thing to be sure of is when it does, someone is going to get hurt very badly. Remove the firing pin, turn into a wall hanger, or better yet, destroy it so no one else can make that mistake. Think of it as a unexploded grenade, leaving it armed is eventually going to cause a problem. If a person wants a working carbine, I'd buy a US GI and spend thousands more on it than taking the chance firing a 2 spring Universal.
Chris

[Tuna]

I see parts for sale from time to time at shows and these guys still stock a bunch. http://www.gunpartscorp.com/Manufact...460.htm?page=1

The vast majority of the parts are out of stock. No major parts are available. Quite a few of the remaining parts were for the 256 Ferret and 9mm versions of the carbine that sold like our current President knew what he was doing these past 8 years. The parts in shows are coming from carbines that were not repairable and have been broken down to sell anything still working for inflated prices. That is the only source of parts left.