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Offline slickest

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guide rods and springs?
« on: April 27, 2012, 03:52:02 PM »
I want to purchase a tungsten guide rod for my my g23. I have read they reduce muzzle flip some with the extra weight but the main reason on purchasing is I want to be able to drop down to a 11lb spring if needed when shooting cheap 115 grain bullets with my lw conversion barrel when purchased. Since I plan on buying the tungsten guide rod no matter what would weight spring would you order for a glock .40 cal if you had the option?
 
I have mainly just been shooting 180 grain blazers and plan on sticking to a 180 grain bullet no matter what.

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Re: guide rods and springs?
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2012, 01:32:25 AM »
If "Wolf Gunsprings" offers a Calibration Spring pack for the 23 that's what I'd buy. It's nice to have a selection of springs to tune your pistol to your load. I use stainless guide rods in my Glocks. I don't see the weight difference between it and the tungsten being any advantage for my money.
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« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2012, 07:20:41 AM »
+1. Everything Savage said.
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Re: guide rods and springs?
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2012, 04:58:46 AM »
Well, if all those, ‘no matter what’ explicatives are sincere it looks like there’s just no talking to ya!  Tungsten is a lot more brittle than steel and lacks the service life.  The ridiculously small amount of weight a tungsten rod adds to the front of the pistol isn’t going to reduce anything - Nothing!  You’d be much better off simply learning how to improve your grip on the pistol. 

You want to use an 11# spring in either a 9mm or a 40 caliber Glock pistol!  What, the heck, for?  What generation is your Glock 23?  If it’s anything, but 4th generation, you’re going to need a Wolff steel guide rod to go along with - no less than - a 15# spring; and, if your Glock is anything, but 4th generation, you should also be able to fire cheap, ‘range quality’ Wal-Mart ammo without a recoil spring change.  There’s really no particular benefit to anything you’ve said.  Me thinks you need to learn a lot more about Glock pistols BEFORE you spend anymore money, ‘dressing up’ that G-23 you’ve got. 
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Re: guide rods and springs?
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2012, 05:10:34 AM »
I agree on spring weight and tungstin guide rod.
I do like a steel FL rod but would not waste$$ on tungstin   

As for springs. I have a conversion 9/40 Wolff barrel for my 23 and tu
Tried some. Dry light 115 swc lead loads with W231 and a 13# spring. When I got it feeding it shot well enough. But I tried the stock spring and it still worked just fine. Unless your looking for ultra light loadings all you will accomplish with these ultra light springs is battering up your frame.

The springs are cheap, I agree buy a set and try it for yourself. Use the heaviest that functions well.

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