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which name brand spring is the best a prelude to which lb spring to use

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Posted 11 September 2008 - 09:16 AM

Now that I have your input on which lb spring is best. I need to know if name brands make a difference and where to get them from
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Posted 11 September 2008 - 10:47 AM

You'll need to be a bit more specific. Gun, caliber, major/minor, open/limited, lightened/standard weight slide, comp/none. And, which spring? Hammer return, recoil, mainspring?

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Posted 11 September 2008 - 11:23 AM

ISMI and Wolff springs are well regarded
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Posted 11 September 2008 - 11:31 AM

Wolff. Brownells. :cheers:

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Posted 11 September 2008 - 12:00 PM

Sprinco in my Open guns. Wolff in my Limited guns. ISMI in my Glocks. Go figure.

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Posted 11 September 2008 - 12:44 PM

I've been running ISMI's in my Open guns and Wolff in everything else. Both seem to be high quality springs. The last time I bought Wolff springs it was cheaper to order them direct.
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Posted 11 September 2008 - 03:15 PM

I have tried quite a few and I have settled on Wolff Variable.
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Posted 11 September 2008 - 06:35 PM

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Posted 12 September 2008 - 09:46 AM

In my guns, ISMI springs last at least 3 times longer than Wolff.

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Posted 16 December 2008 - 09:20 AM

I like the ISMI springs best in my limited guns.

I like the Wolff springs best in my open guns.
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Posted 16 December 2008 - 09:46 AM

ISMI, and I almost never change them FWIW.
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Posted 17 December 2008 - 05:48 PM

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Posted 21 January 2009 - 07:00 PM

I like ISMI

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Posted 24 January 2009 - 03:25 PM

Wolff Variable for open guns
Wolff Conventional for standart guns
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Posted 24 January 2009 - 03:28 PM

+1 ismi, i believe their chrome silicon springs are from us-made spring stock

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Posted 24 January 2009 - 03:28 PM

View Postwide45, on Sep 12 2008, 09:46 AM, said:

In my guns, ISMI springs last at least 3 times longer than Wolff.

How you measure that?
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Posted 24 January 2009 - 11:13 PM

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Posted 25 January 2009 - 01:32 AM

ISMI are great. But it depends on your own feel, shall we say. It also depends on what runs best in you gun.
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Posted 27 January 2009 - 05:46 AM

I have had the best luck with ISMI springs.

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Posted 27 January 2009 - 07:30 PM

View PostA62335, on Sep 11 2008, 12:23 PM, said:

ISMI and Wolff springs are well regarded


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Posted 31 January 2009 - 01:53 PM

I run ISMI recoil springs (and mainsprings) in all my guns. Limited and Single Stack .40s are 12.5lbs. Open .38SC with light slides are 9lbs. I can't recall what weight I'm running in my .45, but I do have it written down. R,
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Posted 07 December 2009 - 07:33 PM

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View Postopenmike, on Dec 7 2009, 07:33 PM, said:

ISMI


I used ISMI for the past three years and the quality seems to have dropped - thinner diameter wire and longevity is shorter. I've since returned to using Wolffs.
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Posted 21 December 2009 - 07:23 PM

ismi for everything including magsprings.

Had an issue with breaking magsprings and it was resolved by the company.

I replace them when i feel its time. Maybe a year, 2 years or 3 years.

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Posted 21 December 2009 - 10:26 PM

While I'm not a fan of the the Springco guide rod, from what XRe said he'd learned about their spring production/QC methods, I'm going to try them soon. With most brands you're getting a ballpark spring rate, meaning that they don't actually test springs prior to packaging and selling them. They make them of a certain grade/thickness of wire and heat treat them according to a set standard, and that becomes and X weight spring. The problem is that the heat treating is as much art as science and they don't always turn out at the rated value. Sometimes you can use a spring seemingly forever and have it remain constant after the initial set and others go downhill in no time at all. I'm curious to see if the Springco springs are more consistent....it's worth a shot as they don't cost more. R,
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