Recoil spring/guide rod question

10 feet is absolutely nothing.
I go through several guns annually & many can toss 'em 15-20.

8-19 is quite common.
Denis
 
Which brings to mind what a really well tuned pistol would be--imagine getting good groups on paper AND all your brass landing in a bucket positioned at the appropriate distance.:)
 
Video the shooter from the side, zoomed to the gun. On recoil, does the gun dip? Competion shooters run weak springs to keep slide velocity low, so it won't recoil up, then dip below target line.

He may need a WEAKER spring to minimize recoil and flatten out the gun.
 
Competion shooters run weak springs to keep slide velocity low, so it won't recoil up, then dip below target line.
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A weaker recoil spring will INCREASE slide velocity, as will a weaker hammer spring on a hammer-fired gun.

One pro I know uses very light recoil springs and a buffer -- the spring lets the slide slide come back more quickly, and the buffer helps stop the slide. He does it to be able to fire more rapidly.

A lot of the top shooters roll their own ammo and use loads set to the lowest levels that meet the appropriate power factors. Muzzle flip doesn't seem to be a big concern for most of them.

(That's not to say that other shooters don't attempt to control muzzle flip with recoil springs or recoil reduction systems.)

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It doesn't bother him. It's just something that someone commented on as they observed him shooting.
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Consider this, if all his brass had been landing in a neat pile 2 feet from his right foot, someone would comment on how he needed to change the springs because his ejection was too weak....

Seems like someone always has a helpful fix for your problems...particularly the ones you didn't know you had.

I have one criteria for ejection, the same one that gunsmith had. Brass has to come out of the gun. As long as that happens, the gun doesn't have a problem.
 
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It doesn't bother him. It's just something that someone commented on as they observed him shooting.
Consider this, if all his brass had been landing in a neat pile 2 feet from his right foot, someone would comment on how he needed to change the springs because his ejection was too weak....

Seems like someone always has a helpful fix for your problems...particularly the ones you didn't know you had.

I have one criteria for ejection, the same one that gunsmith had. Brass has to come out of the gun. As long as that happens, the gun doesn't have a problem.
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All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.
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Agreed...even if sometimes my brass goes further than my bullets. :D
 
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