Recoil spring?

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Yakko77

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I just got a new recoil spring for my Kimber Custom today in the mail. I ordered it from the Kimber website. The thing is, when I compare it to the old spring, the new one is about an inch longer than the old one. Is this a problem? Did I use my old spring so much (6000+ rounds) that I compacted it down an inch. I'll take it to the range sometime this week to test the new spring. When I pull the slide it feels a bit more tight like it did when it was new. With the old one, it was getting to the point that a 5 year old could've pulled that slide back with no problems but the weapon still worked perfectly despite the old spring. Any advise would be appreciated. Thank you. :)
 
Not uncommon for a newer spring to be an inch longer.Did you order the stock or an extrapower spring? Put it in the gun, you should find out once you get to the range.
 
Your new one is fine. After 6000 rounds, it's surprising it's only an inch shorter than the new one. If you have any Kimber compacts, those springs start getting crooked in addition to shorter after less than 1000 rounds.
 
Thanks

Just because I own firearms doesn't make me an expert. Obviously, SHEESH!!! 6000 rounds on a recoil spring!!! BAD YAKKO!!! ;) I am learning however thanks to the friendly advise on this forum from people who know more about firearms than I do (which is everybody!!!) :) . For now on, no more than 2000 rounds for a recoil spring. Thanks for the info.
 
Wolff recoil springs

I've had Wolff recoil springs come in longer AND shorter than the original factory springs depending on the model of pistol they're for, but they've all worked fine.
 
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