recoil springs

[danny lee mccall]

new firing pin stop, new standard 18 1/2 lb recoil spring, new 26# hammer spring. shoots both factory, and my reloads like a dream. and I learned so much thank all of you !!!!!

 

[drband]

new firing pin stop, new standard 18 1/2 lb recoil spring, new 26# hammer spring. shoots both factory, and my reloads like a dream. and I learned so much thank all of you !!!!!

That setup sounds like it could handle .45super!

 

[tark]

I do not recommend using heavier than 20# spring in the gun as that beats up the slide stop pin and lower barrel lugs on slide closing. The recoil spring's primary purpose is NOT recoil mitigation, but rather feeding the next round out of the magazine into the chamber.

Amen to this. I worked for Les Baer for 21 years and I lost count of the number of barrels that were ruined because of cracked lugs. Made that way from using an extra strong recoil springs, which resulted in exactly what BBBBill describes.

 

[JohnKSa]

I understand a little more now, I ran in to recoil trouble before I did pressure trouble!!!

Thankfully, that's almost always the case. Recoil trouble wears things out fast and breaks small parts. Pressure troubles cause really major problems. But that doesn't mean that recoil trouble can be ignored. Beat up a gun and it will break--probably when you need it most. You're better off shooting it with loads that don't cause accelerated wear.

If you really need more performance than you can get without beating up your gun then either get another gun, or get a heavier caliber.

 

[danny lee mccall]

flat- bottom firing pin stop. standard 18 1/2 recoil spring. 23 # hammer spring.!!! shoots my reloads and factory both great

 

[danny lee mccall]

Hodgdon has 8.7 grs as maximum. View attachment 869789

hi, my new Hornady reloading book list 10.1 gr as max for 800-x and a 180 gr bullet. from my on reloading. I loaded 9.7 and had recoil problems, I this is in a 10 mm .am going to back off a little and I want be shooting many that hot. I recomend caution I don't think guns from the factory are made to stand the recoil

 

[danny lee mccall]

Thankfully, that's almost always the case. Recoil trouble wears things out fast and breaks small parts. Pressure troubles cause really major problems. But that doesn't mean that recoil trouble can be ignored. Beat up a gun and it will break--probably when you need it most. You're better off shooting it with loads that don't cause accelerated wear.

If you really need more performance than you can get without beating up your gun then either get another gun, or get a heavier caliber.

I agree 100 percent

 

[danny lee mccall]

flat- bottom firing pin stop. standard 18 1/2 recoil spring. 23 # hammer spring.!!! shoots my reloads and factory both great

I wrote 23 lb hammer spring .I am wrong, I put a 26lb spring in it, 23lb is standerd and that is what I took out. sorry