2011 recoil spring weight and guide-rod

[drmitchgibson]

My pistol came with the Recoil Master. It's good, but I think that a solid guide rod or tool-less guide rod with a standard rate spring is worth trying and is probably better. I'm shooting .40S&W at 178PF. Any suggestions? What are you using? Pistol is a bull-barrel Edge.

 

[technetium-99m]

12.5 ISMI

Start there, some like a 14, some like a 10. you can even get a tungsten rod if you want the front end heavier.

 

[Wall]

EVERYONE changes out from the recoil master

 

[jtischauser]

Tony will sell you a sweet tool less guide rod and spring.

 

[mike cyrwus]

14# start there. and stay there unless you cut little holes in your slide.

 

[Wormydog1724]

I don't even know what mine is but it shoots damn fine to me. I was so used to the snap of a .40, the push of a 9mm is like oatmeal pie and a glass of milk.

 

[Chambers]

14# in the fotay. Even with holes cut in my slide. I've tried em all.

10# in the 9mm.

EVERYONE changes out from the recoil master

I shot the crap out of a RM and didn't have any issues with it all, but I didn't see an advantage with it either.

 

[KurtM]

3 things work together to determine what recoil spring your gun will like/shoot best with. Recoil spring rate, mainspring spring rate, and the profile of the bottom of your firing pin stop. Most folks can tell me what their recoil spring is, but darn few can tell me their main spring weight, and most don't know anything about their firing pin stop.

 

[jtischauser]

What's a firing pin stop?

 

[Wall]

3 things work together to determine what recoil spring your gun will like/shoot best with. Recoil spring rate, mainspring spring rate, and the profile of the bottom of your firing pin stop. Most folks can tell me what their recoil spring is, but darn few can tell me their main spring weight, and most don't know anything about their firing pin stop.

12.5, 17 & just a small radius on an oversized EGW firing pin stop

 

[KurtM]

You are a rare bird Mr. Wall. With that set-up you could even try a 10 to see if it helps or hurts.

 

[Wall]

You are a rare bird Mr. Wall. With that set-up you could even try a 10 to see if it helps or hurts.

It stays pretty flat now with this, I'm afraid if I went too low It might start to cause problems.
I may mark it up & give it a try & inspect it. If I break something, I know a guy that fixes them

 

[Bentsight]

Trying to increase the dwell on my .45 1911"s I replaced and radiused the firing pin stop and even with my lack of talent I could feel the difference. After shooting .45"s, just the switch to 9mm's seems like, how was it put in a previous post "oatmeal pie and a glass of milk" or better yet, playing snooker all day then going out and playing pool on the .25 cent tables. Those pockets look like bushel baskets

 

[mike cyrwus]

you are forgetting the variably massed things that are compressing these here springs. and the brass and copper colored things that make em move.

 

[Chambers]

you are forgetting the variably massed things that are compressing these here springs. and the brass and copper colored things that make em move.

Nonsense. With tungsten grip screws it doesn't matter,

I'm going to go check my anvil depth now....

 

[KurtM]

Well I was considering the ammo to be a constant, If it isn't, Cyrwus, maybe you should look at your reloading practices. After all if all things are equal then they should be the same....now where is that anvil depth adjuster I had laying around?

 

[mike cyrwus]

there is nothing constant in shooting, Herr Miller!

 

[Spiff]

Especially not with a dead moth in the powder measure.