Blaze Kinkaid 253 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggus Deal Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 There is a gauge to test them. I really don’t worry about round count. Just replace them when I feel like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Dot Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 They’re not expensive. I change mine once a year as part of my maintainence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tully Mars Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Kinkaid 253 Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggus Deal Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Kinkaid 253 Posted March 14, 2020 Author Share Posted March 14, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggus Deal Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Blaze, I’d like that very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson County Mike Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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