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I have a 2011 STI Edge and I am not sure what size recoil spring I hav in it but it could be round the 12# mark, If I change the spring to a lighter one will I feel more recoil or les. I am shooting action pistol with it and running 128 - 130 pf.
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Recoil Spring change and felt recoil
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Posted 27 September 2009 - 01:50 AM
JThompson, on Sep 16 2009, 06:14 AM, said:
Your link didn't work.
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Posted 27 September 2009 - 02:18 AM
Try this. Lots of good info here:
http://www.custom-gl...springtech.html
Any more questions, this is the place!
http://www.custom-gl...springtech.html
Any more questions, this is the place!
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Posted 27 September 2009 - 03:13 AM
Duane Thomas, on Sep 27 2009, 02:18 AM, said:
Try this. Lots of good info here:
http://www.custom-gl...springtech.html
Any more questions, this is the place!
http://www.custom-gl...springtech.html
Any more questions, this is the place!
You sent me to a Glock site ???????
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Posted 27 September 2009 - 03:28 AM
I know, sacrilege. 
Try to take the basic, good info on how changes in recoil spring weight affect perceived recol and muzzle flip, and leave the evil taint of Austrian plastic behind. 
Try to take the basic, good info on how changes in recoil spring weight affect perceived recol and muzzle flip, and leave the evil taint of Austrian plastic behind.
Pride and fear are emotions, which hope for an outcome. Outcomes take your attention from the present, where the shooting happens, to the future. It is totally impossible to do anything in the future, because it hasn't happened yet. The key to shooting your best is to be present as the witness of the shooting. Do not judge, do not give yourself anything to live up to. We can only shoot as well as we have trained ourselves to shoot. To try to shoot only induces stress. Be content with your current ability. And accumulate practice to improve that ability. Consolidate, build strength where you feel weakness. We cannot raise our ability until we accept our current limitations. Practice dissolves limitations. Matches simply define where the current limits exist. The game of shooting is all about redefining our limits.
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Amateurs do it til they get it right. Professionals do it til they can't get it wrong.
"It's not the will to win that matters - everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."
- Paul "Bear" Bryant
"The only reason why Everest is the highest mountain ever climbed is because it's the highest. If there was one higher, I bet there'd be people trying to climb it."
- Jack Barnes
- Sam
Amateurs do it til they get it right. Professionals do it til they can't get it wrong.
"It's not the will to win that matters - everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."
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"The only reason why Everest is the highest mountain ever climbed is because it's the highest. If there was one higher, I bet there'd be people trying to climb it."
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Posted 27 September 2009 - 02:11 PM
Something I have been thinking about for a while now is "battering of the frame".
If I have too light of a recoil spring, wouldn't the slide be battering my weapon?
They say in Glocks it is a non-issue...but what about a 1911?
I have also adjusted my spring by the distance it ejects the brass.
The last time I shot, I had a 13-pound spring on my NightHawk Predator. I was shooting 200 grain .45 ACP at approximately 910 FPS. (The brass can be collected, floating next to the disables Russian satelite, over China about now).
So I went to a 16-pounder (I couldn't find a 14-pounder). And it seems to put the brass a nice 3" to 4" feet away from me. (Yes...I measured it).
But I could also "feel" the resistance as the slide went back.
I wanted to try a 14-pounder next, but was afraid of battering my frame and slide.
Your thoughts would be welcome.
In Christ: Raymond
If I have too light of a recoil spring, wouldn't the slide be battering my weapon?
They say in Glocks it is a non-issue...but what about a 1911?
I have also adjusted my spring by the distance it ejects the brass.
The last time I shot, I had a 13-pound spring on my NightHawk Predator. I was shooting 200 grain .45 ACP at approximately 910 FPS. (The brass can be collected, floating next to the disables Russian satelite, over China about now).
So I went to a 16-pounder (I couldn't find a 14-pounder). And it seems to put the brass a nice 3" to 4" feet away from me. (Yes...I measured it).
But I could also "feel" the resistance as the slide went back.
I wanted to try a 14-pounder next, but was afraid of battering my frame and slide.
Your thoughts would be welcome.
In Christ: Raymond
This post has been edited by RaymondMillbrae: 27 September 2009 - 02:12 PM
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Posted 28 September 2009 - 04:06 AM
I have a bit over 30k through my Wilson .45, the VAST majority of which were fired on Wolff 14-pound variable power recoil springs, without a single problem.
Pride and fear are emotions, which hope for an outcome. Outcomes take your attention from the present, where the shooting happens, to the future. It is totally impossible to do anything in the future, because it hasn't happened yet. The key to shooting your best is to be present as the witness of the shooting. Do not judge, do not give yourself anything to live up to. We can only shoot as well as we have trained ourselves to shoot. To try to shoot only induces stress. Be content with your current ability. And accumulate practice to improve that ability. Consolidate, build strength where you feel weakness. We cannot raise our ability until we accept our current limitations. Practice dissolves limitations. Matches simply define where the current limits exist. The game of shooting is all about redefining our limits.
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Amateurs do it til they get it right. Professionals do it til they can't get it wrong.
"It's not the will to win that matters - everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."
- Paul "Bear" Bryant
"The only reason why Everest is the highest mountain ever climbed is because it's the highest. If there was one higher, I bet there'd be people trying to climb it."
- Jack Barnes
- Sam
Amateurs do it til they get it right. Professionals do it til they can't get it wrong.
"It's not the will to win that matters - everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."
- Paul "Bear" Bryant
"The only reason why Everest is the highest mountain ever climbed is because it's the highest. If there was one higher, I bet there'd be people trying to climb it."
- Jack Barnes
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Posted 28 September 2009 - 05:40 AM
I shot my Kimber for a couple of years in matches with a 14 pound spring with no problems at all. This is with 230 grain RN making power factor. I used a 12 pound spring for awhile but I liked way the front sight came back with the 14 pound better. My buddy uses a 12 pound spring in his Wilson and swears by it.
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