Recoil Spring / Guide Rod Binding Slide

[38superman]

I recently took the Recoilmaster out of my Edge and replaced it with a tungsten guide rod and 16# recoil spring.

I did this to get more weight at the muzzle and because I thought I needed a little heavier recoil spring than the Recoilmaster.

The factory setup seemed to function o.k. during slow fire off the bench.

However when doing drills the slide had a tendency to freeze up and not want to close.

A gentle push with the thumb on the back of the slide would get it to close.

So I'm thinking a little stronger recoil spring is in order.

So I get the tungsten rod and 16# spring in the gun and all seems well.

The slide cycles freely by hand.

I go to the range and on the 4th round fired the gun bound up so bad that I had a really tough time getting it apart.

What going on here?

Tls

Edited April 5, 2006 by tlshores

[Bigbadaboom]

Check the "Button" on the rear end of the Guide rod. Make sure that it fits inside the recess in the frame where it butts. If the button is too big the turn it or file it untill it fits.

Also, if it binds up again just bump up on the front of the guide rod and it should loosen everything back up.

See attached photo.

Edited April 6, 2006 by Bigbadaboom