I'll send you my address. I'll gladly take those changed out springs off your handsI change the springs in the 1911 about 1500 rounds, roughly.
I'm with you BillDamned if I'm not going into the gun spring business
What do you do with the spring that you have replaced?
Us gun guys are often frugal by nature, it seems out of character for me to just throw out something that seems like a useful item. But it is probably the best answer.
Some 1911 owners use recoil springs on 5" .45 versions that are as light as 12 lbs for softer shooting.I also believe that having too HEAVY a recoil spring is hard on the handgun in the other, forward direction.
Couple reasonsTo answer the question, why in the hell would you keep a "supposedly bad spring" that you changed out????? You changed it because its out lived its usefulness.
Guess I'll go and change "all the bad used springs" in my 1911's and waste more money and make the spring maker happy