Saw this thread over on the CMP http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=58704

The thread got me thinking, I know that many of the CMP rifles have the original springs, why else would some of mine have been in 7 pieces I also know though that many rifles have new springs in them. How is one to know if they even got the original spring or an Orion7? They both show magnetic, the GI more so.