Potential hotload problem

Karl · 06-11-2002, 07:18 PM

Unspellable,

Great info about loads and recoil springs. This should be condensed and posted as part of a permanent "shooter's guide" section.

Before I fired my shooter I replaced the springs with a new Wolff kit (#38) and it works fine, but there is evidence that this gun saw considerable abuse. There is a bulge in the frame into the back of the magazine well that could only have resulted from the recoil spring retainer slamming hard into the bottom of its pocket, as if it broke loose once. Also there are scars like half a pair of half moons on the inside rear wall of the frame from the firing pin guide/retainer slamming into it as the bolt traveled back. KFS

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06-11-2002, 07:18 PM	#7
Karl Lifer - Twice Over Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Savannah Posts: 531 Thanks: 0 Thanked 280 Times in 123 Posts	Unspellable, Great info about loads and recoil springs. This should be condensed and posted as part of a permanent "shooter's guide" section. Before I fired my shooter I replaced the springs with a new Wolff kit (#38) and it works fine, but there is evidence that this gun saw considerable abuse. There is a bulge in the frame into the back of the magazine well that could only have resulted from the recoil spring retainer slamming hard into the bottom of its pocket, as if it broke loose once. Also there are scars like half a pair of half moons on the inside rear wall of the frame from the firing pin guide/retainer slamming into it as the bolt traveled back. KFS