itento Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 I want to shoot some lighter loads for IDPA SSP and have read the threads on spring weight. My question is: since you can't use use anything but a plastic guide rod in IDPA, is there an after market one that will work? Do you have to modify the original captured rod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmills Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Just change the spring on your exisiting Glock guide rod. The end just "pops" off. I use ISMI 13# springs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itento Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 I got the original spring off (after stabbing myself in the thumb) but I would describe the operation as just "pops" off. I had to insert a small screw driver tip between the first 2 links and "work its way past the "captured" end. While I can get the new spring base on (with some effort), I was unable to compress the new (or original) spring enough to work it past the capture knob. What am I doing wrong????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txaggie Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Check out this thread from GlockTalk about removing the stock recoil spring: http://www.glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=342461 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itento Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 Thanks so much. I just couldn't see that the rod is 2-peice. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpty1 Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Having learned the hard way, use extreme caution when popping the plastic end cap off. That thing can launch and be gone forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmon Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 after 30K rounds through my G34, the original spring and rod is about right... it just keeps getting better and better im afraid to change it...as i dont know what i would replace it with to make it feel the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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