1911 guy
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OK, I'm a dedicated user of the pistol but not by any stretch a gunsmith. I have a pistol that started life as a Springfield G.I. It was worked over by an actual gunsmith to replace all the internals with Ed Brown and Wilson parts. It has run great with the stock 16 lb. recoil spring for better than six years, with the occasional spring swap. I usually swap them at 2,000 rounds. Hammer spring at every other recoil spring swap. No I.L.S., has a S&A MSH installed.
Last range trip I was shooting this pistol, which is also in rotation as a CCW. Less than 1,000 rounds since last spring swap. Had several failures to return to battery. Always went back into battery when slingshotting the slide during the malfunction drill.
Dropped in a Wolff 18 1/2 lb spring for another pistol and it ran like a champ.
Two questions: What are some possible causes of this and is there a reason not to run the 18 1/2 spring all the time?
Last range trip I was shooting this pistol, which is also in rotation as a CCW. Less than 1,000 rounds since last spring swap. Had several failures to return to battery. Always went back into battery when slingshotting the slide during the malfunction drill.
Dropped in a Wolff 18 1/2 lb spring for another pistol and it ran like a champ.
Two questions: What are some possible causes of this and is there a reason not to run the 18 1/2 spring all the time?