do these recoil springs really work or waste of money?

[yongxingfreesty]

i have a beretta 92fs brigadier elite in 9mm and it has a plastic guide rod. does this steel rod give me any kind of advantage? is it worth the money? thanks in advance. sorry mods if wrong forum.

 

[daysleeprx]

I'm confused...are you asking about recoil springs or guide rods?

 

[yongxingfreesty]

oh crap, im sorry guys. forgot to post the link to ebay

here it is. i am wondering if that will help the pistol with it's performance. thanks

http://cgi.ebay.com/BERETTA-92-96-B...ryZ73948QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

or this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/BERETTA-92-96-S...ryZ36258QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Skpotamus]

http://www.custom-glock.com/springtech.html

an article on spring weights

http://www.custom-glock.com/rodtech.html

an article on recoil rod weights.

I honestly don't notice any difference with my mostly stock guns and factory spec ammo. If I'm running a competition gun with right at power factor loads, then yes, I can feel a difference.

If you're shooting competition, go for it, if you're not shooting comp, you won't notice much of a difference. At least, that's what I found, YMMV.

 

[yongxingfreesty]

thanks guys!

 

[10-Ring]

Outside of the asthetics, the plastic guide rod will be fine for most (if not all) applications.

 

[Retro]

Actually, I heard that the reason that M9 has plastic guide rods was because military guys sometime would drop their M9 in locked-back conformation (on empty) by accident, and sometimes the metal rod will bend as a result of the droppage. Hence, military made the request that rod be drop-proof, and hence the ABS/plastic resilient plastic rod in new M9 and 92FS.

I read this somewhere in a beretta forum.

FYI

P.S. new Kimbers have plastic mainspring housings... and that... is ridiculous.

 

[Car Knocker]

new Kimbers have plastic mainspring housings... and that... is ridiculous.

They have had for several years, at least (pre-Series II). I don't recall reading about a spate of failures, though - they seem to be holding up. Why is it ridiculous?

 

[Retro]

well, since 1911 is known to be all steel, probably one of the last pistols that are still full-steel, having a plastic piece for a vital part of the gun seemed quite disappointing and ludicrous... how much money can they really save by having a plastic piece? Just a bid for you to buy their after-market magwells, I think.