I really hope this doesn't start a flame war...Ok, that's probably not the best way to begin. What I am looking for is a technical answer to a technical question. I'm not looking for opinion about which one is better. In fact, I don't really care. Here's my question:
Why does a Glock recoil spring assembly need to be changed and an H&K (relatively) does not? Glock - 7,500 rnds compared to H&K - 20,000+ rnds.
A spring is a spring. Is there something I'm missing?
There's a substantial difference in the design, as well as the cost, of the two springs.
The Glock recoil spring does all the work of slowing down the slide.
The H&K recoil spring shares the work load with the hammer spring.
The H&K slide must first overcome the very stiff hammer spring before it starts to compress the recoil spring, this puts less stress on the H&K recoil spring.
on that note of changing the recoil spring, just go with the factory? Or is there any advantage to some of the after market ones?
factory only for me
OEM only for me as well.
I like aftermarket, as you can get a stainless guide rod and easily try out different spring weights. Especially nice if you reload.
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My Gen4 is using an aftermarket one, I changed over when trying to troubleshoot the plethora of failures.
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