1911 springfield full length guide rod/ MIM parts

[WillDe83]

What are the benefits of a full length guide rod in a Springfield loaded 1911 (PX9109LP, parkerized version) compared to the standard GI guide rod?

and

What parts of the Springfield loaded 1911 (PX0109LP, parkerized version) are MIM?

and

How do the Brazilian assembled (N serial numbered) ones compare to the American assembled (NM serial numbered)?

Will

 

[Quack]

supposedly accuracy, but barrel fit is more important. i've swapped mine out for GI's and haven't noticed a difference.

small parts are MIM

should be the same, but by chance all of the Springers i've had were assembled in the US.

 

[1911Tuner]

"Twas asked:

"What's so great about a FLGR?"

"Nothin'."

So, 'twas asked:

"Well...What's so bad about a FLGR?"

"Nothin'."

 

[Quack]

 

[capttom]

Some of the full length guide rods make it difficult to strip 1911s. On full sized Government and Commander models, I eschew the flgrs as a needless complication.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

A full length guide rod is superfluous. Yes, with a standard short guide rod and plug laid end to end with the spring, there is a considerable unsupported area where the spring would theoretically kink and twist. However, with the parts installed in the gun, the actual unsupported area is small, perhaps the width of a couple or three coils - insignificant. It also complicates field stripping, requiring the use of a barrel bushing wrench, something John Browning wished to avoid, this being designed as a military sidearm. (In fact, as he originally designed it, it could be totally detail stripped using parts of the gun itself as its own tools.) Two-piece rods, with the front half threading into the rear half, introduce the risk of coming apart while cycling, thereby really binding things up.

 

[1KPerDay]

Some also say the extra weight up front helps tame recoil but I can't tell a difference. I have one of each, both work fine. I don't really see the point of them, myself.

 

[Billy Shears]

Two-piece rods, with the front half threading into the rear half, introduce the risk of coming apart while cycling, thereby really binding things up.

Yes, I had one that did this. Never again.

It didn't come completely apart, of course, but under recoil, after a magazine or two, it unscrewed just enough to start binding up the spring and inducing jams. Anyone who has a two piece guide rod in a carry gun is running a very dangerous, and very unnecessary risk, and they should get rid of that thing immediately.