1OKshooter
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What is the reason one would want to change the weight of the spring on a Glock Guide rod, and if you are shooting reloads should I replace this spring for better performance?
So now is the time to break out the cronograph? Fine tune the load to a softer spring??I will throw in my 2 pennies. The lighter lbs spring means you can run lighter loads. The stock spring is 18? I don't recall but if you're handloads are in the 167pf range then you could get lots of stovepipes. That's because the load wont run the slide all the way back. Most factory loads are 180ish or so, at least the ones I have shot.
What can get you into trouble is a light spring and hot (factory) loads. The gun hammers itself and brutalizes the internals.
The lighter spring allows you to run lower recoil loads. My G35 will choke with a factory spring and my 167pf handloads. Drop in the 14lbs Wolff spring and she runs like a Singer.
So now is the time to break out the cronograph? Fine tune the load to a softer spring??
Okay got it, So what is the Bill drill??Really it's more about the shot timer. The chrono is good to get the pf of your loads set. However, the shot timer will let you detect if a Bill Drill with one spring will be faster splits from one spring to the other.
People will laugh at thousands of a second per shot, but it all adds up.