Re-coil Springs

[Blaze Kinkaid 253]

Pards,

Is there any way to check the "rated" resistance of a re-coil spring?  Also how many rounds would have to be fired, aprox. before the factor of

"diminishing returns"  kicks in with a recoil spring?    Any thoughts?

Regards

[Boggus Deal]

There is a gauge to test them. I really don’t worry about round count. Just replace them when I feel like it.

[Garrison Joe]

Folks WHO SELL recoil springs recommend a new one as often as every 10K rounds.    I don't change mine near that often.  But I rarely shoot even factory Power Factor ammo.

 

Good luck, GJ

[Two Dot]

They’re not expensive. I change mine once a year as part of my maintainence.

[Tully Mars]

They’re not expensive. I change mine once a year as part of my maintainence.

 

I do the same as well as the magazine release spring and main spring. Over the years I've had issues with magazine release springs going bad, no other springs though.

 

Tully

[Blaze Kinkaid 253]

Pards, Thank you, respondents, for concerning my questions on recoil springs. I have put them all in my memory bank. I have an additional question;

when the slide travels rearward, after ignition, and bottoms out, what is the total compressed length of the 1911 recoil spring?

Regards

[Boggus Deal]

Blaze, according to my gauge, that is right at 1.5”. Maybe a touch more. I’d really need to break out my 1911 drawings and see what the print says.

[Blaze Kinkaid 253]

Boggus, thank you for your last post that was exactely the info I was looking for.  Hope to shoot with you sometime in the future. 

Regards

[Boggus Deal]

Blaze, I’d like that very much!

[Johnson County Mike]

Hi, here is a thread on 1911 recoil springs from the CMP Forum. This may help, Mike

 

http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=254750&highlight=recoil+spring