Replacing springs

Zorba · 10-31-2017, 03:59 AM

I'm not an expert, and I don't play one on the Internet...

BUT

I *always* replace the recoil spring at the very least on *any* new-to-me semi auto pistol just as soon as I get it. The only exception was my recently acquired Broomhandle, and that was only because the seller of same had replaced it within recent memory.

Springs are cheap, pistols are not. Even if the original spring was originally better - so what? That was 70 years (or more) ago. Springs are cheap, that spring in the pistol may or may not be original anyway. Springs are cheap, you could replace the entire set every year and not spend the money the next cheapest part costs for decades. Springs are cheap.

Dem's my thoughts on the subject - as a tyro, I admit I could be wrong - but it works for me.

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10-31-2017, 03:59 AM	#1
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 952 Thanks: 777 Thanked 528 Times in 290 Posts	I'm not an expert, and I don't play one on the Internet... BUT I always replace the recoil spring at the very least on any new-to-me semi auto pistol just as soon as I get it. The only exception was my recently acquired Broomhandle, and that was only because the seller of same had replaced it within recent memory. Springs are cheap, pistols are not. Even if the original spring was originally better - so what? That was 70 years (or more) ago. Springs are cheap, that spring in the pistol may or may not be original anyway. Springs are cheap, you could replace the entire set every year and not spend the money the next cheapest part costs for decades. Springs are cheap. Dem's my thoughts on the subject - as a tyro, I admit I could be wrong - but it works for me.