TenMillimaster
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WOW, thank you guys for all the responses, which I will be sure to read thoroughly... After my physics and calculus finals.
That makes a lot of sense. I feel silly now.
A heavier slide means more mass, so you need less acceleration to deliver the same force to the recoil spring. For example, a slide that weighed twice as much, say 3.22 pounds, would only require half the acceleration to deliver the same force. Moving a gun with a slide that weighs 3.22 pounds 2 feet in .22 seconds would cock the gun against a 16 pound recoil spring.
That makes a lot of sense. I feel silly now.