Recoil reducer?

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Big Iron

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I'm considering getting a Harrt's recoil reducer for my Kahr K40. From all I've read, they will help the recoil by 10 to 20%. My question is does the recoil reducer stiffen the slide when manually operating it? It's a little stiff for my wife to cock now. If a reducer adds to it, it may be too much for my wife to handle.

Also, any suggestions on where to get them?
 
no recoil reduction is via several ball brgs in a mercury filled tube. this is i believe an inertia type damper. it does not add anything to the spring tension. i have one in my K40 and i think you will like it.

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Affirmative, it's the only recoil reduced I know of that uses the factory spring(s). It will not change the factory spring pressure.

I have them in a couple of 9x19s and a .45 and find them beneficial.
 
Ditto as above. I have one in my K40 and like it, although the benefit is not huge -- I would agree with about 10% reduction in muzzle flip as a purely SWAG estimate. The recoil reducer actually replaces the factory recoil guide rod, and if anything is slightly higher in quality than the factory rod.

What I did find that seemed to make a bigger change in recoil was changing the recoil spring to a Wolff's 22# (extra power) spring. My factory spring was throwing cases about 10 - 15 ft., and the heavier spring works better and maintains perfect function with my defense loads, BUT it does increase slide resistance significantly, so it may not be for you. Best wishes with your Kahr -- I've found mine to be a fine weapon.

I ordered my Harrts recoil reducer from John Q -- check out this link(http://www.johnqs.com/harrts.html), or call him at 888-856-2485.

Andrew

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I have one in a K40, and agree with above posts. I got mine by calling 1-800-recoil-4-u if i remember correctly. Anyone tell me where to obtain the 22# spring?
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I put a Harts Recoil Reducer in a Glock 22, and I noticed the difference. They work well.

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for the spring check out the Wolff's spring website. or check with Brownells.

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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what is for lunch.
Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the outcome of the vote.
Let he that hath no sword sell his garment and buy one. Luke 22-36
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. Song of Solomon 3-8
The man that can keep his head and aims carefully when the situation has gone bad and lead is flying usually wins the fight.
 
Other reduction devices are from Springco and Fire Dragon. Have used both and both work very well.
 
I've used the Sprinco recoil reducers in several guns. But it does employ a secondary spring, a la HK's full size USP's... So that probably won't work too well for your wife. The advantage of using a secondary spring is to decrease the slide and frame battering during cycling... Hence why HK claims their system is more for longevity purposes than recoil reduction...
 
jwong -- what you say is true. I have always been a little uneasy modifying a factory single spring setup to a Sprinco or other double spring setup for a carry pistol. I admit the odds of a failure (say, to feed, or to lock, due to short slide travel) are low, and that you could get comfortable by testing. However, all it would take is one failure to deeply embarrass me/you/whoever. For my carry guns, that's why I use the Harrts. And, if I were shooting Glocks, I might even be reluctant to do that, because they seem to be subject to limp wristing and logically it seems that the recoil reduction of the Harrts rod could make that tendency worse -- don't know, don't shoot Glocks.
 
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