Recoil buffer shadow 2

[Yoseppy]

What’s the point of the recoil buffer on the shadow 2 and do you use it or take it off?

[slavex]

to stop the battering of your spring box on the frame. 

[Tunachaser]

I use mine other don't.  Try it, see if you like it.

[hlsccsfa]

Supposedly it would help prolong the life of the slide stop. I use the thick buffer on all of my 3 S2s. I have shot over 8K rounds through my practice gun so far and the slide stop is still good

[ramnj]

It came installed on my Shadow 2. Haven't had any issues with it so I leave it installed.

 

[pcar157]

On 9/2/2023 at 8:15 PM, ramnj said:

It came installed on my Shadow 2. Haven't had any issues with it so I leave it installed.

 

Yep

[ColoradoNick]

My shadow 2 OR came with a thick buffer installed, my S2 orange a thin. I'm using a 9lb recoil spring and the thick takes the abuse much better and I notice no difference between the thin. 

[rowdyb]

I use the thick in my shadow 2s. The thin is worthless for me. Tried them in my older sp01 guns and they were not helpful. 

[fyaman43]

I too leave the thick ones installed and have yet to break a slide stop despite tens of thousands of rounds between 3 guns.  Coincidence is not causation but who knows...

 

Run an 11# recoil spring and 13# main spring.

[LDRIDER]

I too run a lighter spring in my S2. Leaving the thick buffer in helps mitigate damage and

adds a longer life to the slide stop.

[yigal]

On 9/3/2023 at 3:03 AM, hlsccsfa said:

Supposedly it would help prolong the life of the slide stop. I use the thick buffer on all of my 3 S2s. I have shot over 8K rounds through my practice gun so far and the slide stop is still good

There is no connection between the service life  of these 2 parts.

[Runswithwood1]

I took it out because seemed like the slide was pretty sluggish going into battery, maybe now that the gun is broken in a bit I'll retry it