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Post by mdgroundhogger on May 1, 2011 19:53:19 GMT -5
If I were to change out my guide rod/spring on my Glock 17 would I be better off with a 20lb. or 13lb. (stock spring is 17lb)? And what exactly do you gain with a lighter or heavier spring? My stock rod works fine but as you all know it's polymer and I want to upgrade to an SS rod but, the company only offers them with 13 & 20lb springs. Thanks
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Post by rossman40 on May 1, 2011 23:40:55 GMT -5
Too light of a spring and with heavy loads the slide slams back hard and you will get some wrist whiplash. Too heavy and with light loads you run into ejection and loading problems. If you were only going to use light bullets and loads for say IDPA competition then the lighter spring would be OK. If your going to use a mixture or like shooting +P you should go with the heavier spring. The thing to watch is how far is your front sight rising and the old trick,,, how far are you throwing your brass. If your throwing your brass 10 feet then you should go heavier and if your brass lands at your feet go lighter.
As far as the guide rod that is like a race item, adding some weight out front keeps the muzzle down. Real gamers would try to slip one of tungsten in. I must admit I do have a solid stainless in my SIG 220 and used a sharpie to blacken it before competition to make it not so noticeable.
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Post by mdgroundhogger on May 2, 2011 19:39:15 GMT -5
As usual helpful stuff Rossman. Thanks.
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Post by 161 on May 3, 2011 5:21:27 GMT -5
The Glock rep. told me that the 9mm and the 45s don't seem to beat up the factory springs. But the 40s go through one in about 3000 rnds. For what it's worth.
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Post by rossman40 on May 3, 2011 16:46:05 GMT -5
When I was shooting heavy I would change springs, not just the recoil spring but every spring in the pistol, about once a year which would be about 5,000 rounds.
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Post by 161 on May 3, 2011 21:50:05 GMT -5
Doesn't Wolf make a factory 17lbs. spring??
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Post by rossman40 on May 4, 2011 12:29:32 GMT -5
Some guys will "tune" the recoil spring by cutting them down a few coils. For a competition or "race" gun you can do that but for a gun your going to trust your life with it is tough to beat the stock spring weight for dependability. A friend of mine got his wife into IDPA shooting and she had a problem with her 17 jamming due to her "limp wristing" and he put in a 13 or 14lb spring which cured the problem. Don't think it made her a better shooter but it did cure the jams. The stock spring on a .45 1911 is like 18lbs but if you grab a serious race gun in .38 or 9mm they can have one as low as 8-10lb.
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