SMS2 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 In general how often do you change the recoil spring in your Limited and Open guns. What are the symptoms of a recoil spring that is in need of changing? Also how often do you change the mainspring? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rishii Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Recoil spring Get a new one compare it to the old one If it's 1 coil shorter than the new one, it's time to change it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaster113 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 failures to feed or the gun failing to go into battery while firing. I change mine every 3-5000 rounds or before a major match. recoil springs are cheap insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Once a year for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EkuJustice Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Depends on how light your run them. If you run super light springs they need replaced quicker that a heavier spring. On my open gun I can run a 7 pound but I need to change it like ever 1k. An 8 I have to change every 3 months or so. I can got 6 months to a year on a 9-10 pound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMS2 Posted December 25, 2013 Author Share Posted December 25, 2013 Depends on how light your run them. If you run super light springs they need replaced quicker that a heavier spring. On my open gun I can run a 7 pound but I need to change it like ever 1k. An 8 I have to change every 3 months or so. I can got 6 months to a year on a 9-10 pound I'm using #10 and #11 ISMI recoil springs in my 9 major open guns using MG 124 JHP with 172 PF. The guns function/perform/feel perfect. I'm just curious as I see others refer to their 9 majors using recoil springs ranging between #7 - #10 with similar PF. Despite they're running exceptionally well what would be likely to happen were I to drop the springs# by that much? Would they possibly shoot flatter, softer, etc.? My assumption is they would loose their timing, have feed problems, etc., "if it's not broke don't fix it'. However if I'm missing an opportunity to improve performance I'd like to know. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickd1 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 best advice i could give you is buy a bunch of recoil springs then go down to the range and have a play with them,some like #8 but for me i like it snappy so i ended up with a #12 hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Once you figure out what spring weight you and your gun likes then it becomes simple to check the recoil spring with a spring gauge every month or so. As an example, in my main gun I can run anything from about 7 - 9.5 lbs (as measured, not what the package is marked as) reliably. Personally, I like the feel of an 8 1/2 lb spring. Just seems seems to work the best with my slide, compensator, firing pin stop radius, mainspring, ammo, etc. If the spring falls below about 8 1/4 lbs. I start thinking about changing it, and definitely change it if it falls below 8.0 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Depends on how light your run them. If you run super light springs they need replaced quicker that a heavier spring. On my open gun I can run a 7 pound but I need to change it like ever 1k. An 8 I have to change every 3 months or so. I can got 6 months to a year on a 9-10 poundI'm using #10 and #11 ISMI recoil springs in my 9 major open guns using MG 124 JHP with 172 PF. The guns function/perform/feel perfect. I'm just curious as I see others refer to their 9 majors using recoil springs ranging between#7 - #10 with similar PF. Despite they're running exceptionally well what would be likely to happen were I to drop the springs# by that much? Would they possibly shoot flatter, softer, etc.? My assumption is they would loose their timing, have feed problems, etc., "if it's not broke don't fix it'. However if I'm missing an opportunity to improve performance I'd like to know. Thoughts? my open 9 runs the flattest with a 7 but I have to clean the gun after every match for it to be 100% reliable. I can run an 8 for many matches without cleaning. If you don't mind cleaning your gun a lot you owe it to yourself to try light springs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMS2 Posted December 27, 2013 Author Share Posted December 27, 2013 Gentleman, Thanks for the feedback and suggestions. Despite being pleased with present performance I want to know if there is a better performance out there just waiting. I'm going to order some #7,#8,#9 recoil springs and do some experimenting. Perhaps I find that I am presently at peak performance or maybe a little tweaking might result in some slight improvement. Either way when finished there will be no unanswered questions. Thanks again and will let you know. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G17 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Curious to see if you had any luck experimenting with your springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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