shooterbenedetto Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 (edited) I'm running 8lbs cut 2coil variable recoil with 17lbs main spring on 2lbs trigger. Curios what others are running? Anyone on 10+ recoil and 19lbs mainspring? What is the difference. I have a full slide 5in 3 hole lightning on front with scallop rear with racker cut. 115g hs6 load 8.4g at 1.145 aol Edited November 15, 2019 by shooterbenedetto Spelling correction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dons Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 In my main 2011 I'm running 7 pound recoil spring and 19 pound mainspring. Went to 19 pounds when I was having some light strike issues. Solved the issues but never went back to the 17 pound mainspring. My old backup uses 7 pound recoil spring and 17 pound mainspring. Can't tell any difference between the two when shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36873687 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 16 ms 7 lb recoil 6 coils cut an a buff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 The difference between a 17 and 19 lb. mainspring is not noticeable on trigger pull, but is in slide recoil. Difference between an 8 and 10 lb. recoil spring depends on slide weight. With an 11 oz. slide, 9 or 10 feels best to me. With a 10 you risk short stroking. With a 10.5 oz. slide and 168PF ammo I prefer an 8 lb. spring. With minor I use a 7 lb. spring. My SDs are good (4.9) so I don't have to go hotter. If I went up to 172PF I think the 9 would feel better. It has in the past. Another variable is how your firing pin stop is cut. I cut mine with a radius right up to the FP hole. BTW, I don't care for the feel of the variable rate springs, so I use standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posvar Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 I also run 8# recoil and 17# MS on all my open guns. Nice running combo. Since it all works so well I haven’t tried anything else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theWacoKid Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 17 lbf ISMI main spring with 0-3 coils cut off. 7 lbf Wolff recoil spring with 5-13 coils cut off. Everybody likes something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterbenedetto Posted November 16, 2019 Author Share Posted November 16, 2019 I play with recoil till my double are closer better group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posvar Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 22 minutes ago, shooterbenedetto said: I play with recoil till my double are closer better group. So do you go lighter to get tighter groups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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