Sprinco Recoil Reducing guide rod
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Remember the 11th Commandment: "Puteth thee no junk on your pistol--no lasers, no phasers, no wind indicators."
Had one on a G23. After a couple 10K rounds, slide will not go into battery. First trip to TR mine went over the berm (er, I mean, placed neatly in the trash can).
Had one on a G23. After a couple 10K rounds, slide will not go into battery. First trip to TR mine went over the berm (er, I mean, placed neatly in the trash can).
Yes, I have one each in two of my Hi-Powers. I have never had a problem with function after installation. I also don't see that it does anything to reduce recoil. I installed them to save wear and tear on the guns. I don't know if they are effective at that or not. I use a more effective method of avoiding wear and tear on my guns. I bought enough of them that I don't shoot any one of them enough to cause wear. I don't see them as something that can go wrong. If they don't work at all, you still have a recoil spring guide rod just like you did before installing it. I also use shok buffs in my 1911s and have for about 10 years. I have shot the crap out of them. They don't impair function either.
spleenandideal
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Edsal17~
I'm assuming you have a Glock?
I had a sprinco for a Beretta 92FS. It looked pretty, but the stupid thing needed a special washer to fit into the slide at the muzzle end. I kept losing the washer. replaced it with the factory rod and new Wolff spring instead. The Sprinco sits on a gunsafe as a daily reminder to never put unneccesary stuff on my gunz again.
Plus it never ever helped with the recoil.
HTH
I'm assuming you have a Glock?
I had a sprinco for a Beretta 92FS. It looked pretty, but the stupid thing needed a special washer to fit into the slide at the muzzle end. I kept losing the washer. replaced it with the factory rod and new Wolff spring instead. The Sprinco sits on a gunsafe as a daily reminder to never put unneccesary stuff on my gunz again.
Plus it never ever helped with the recoil.
HTH
Sprinco
I have one in my P90 and am real happy with it. I did quite a bit of research on it and found a lot of competitive shooters use them. I too was more concerned with reducing wear and tear on the frame when shooting .45 Super or +P loads. My P90 appears to kick less shooting 230 g. at 1000+ fps then shooting +P stuff without it. Yes the bushing takes a little care to remember when fieldstripping the gun (it takes about 20 seconds to put it back together rather than 10). It is a simple and effective design using a captive spring to reduce the velocity of the slide before it comes into contact with the frame. The nice thing about it is you can use standard recoil springs with it. This allows you to tune it to handle the type loads you are shooting. I use the recoil reducer in conjunction with a Wolff 14 lb. recoil spring (Ruger stock is 11 lb) and it reliably feed both factory 230 g. hardball as well as my .45 Super loads.
I have one in my P90 and am real happy with it. I did quite a bit of research on it and found a lot of competitive shooters use them. I too was more concerned with reducing wear and tear on the frame when shooting .45 Super or +P loads. My P90 appears to kick less shooting 230 g. at 1000+ fps then shooting +P stuff without it. Yes the bushing takes a little care to remember when fieldstripping the gun (it takes about 20 seconds to put it back together rather than 10). It is a simple and effective design using a captive spring to reduce the velocity of the slide before it comes into contact with the frame. The nice thing about it is you can use standard recoil springs with it. This allows you to tune it to handle the type loads you are shooting. I use the recoil reducer in conjunction with a Wolff 14 lb. recoil spring (Ruger stock is 11 lb) and it reliably feed both factory 230 g. hardball as well as my .45 Super loads.
I have a bunch of Sprinco reduceres in my guns. I would say around 15 of them. They do work much better in some guns than in others.
Funny the poster who mentioned the Beretta, the one gun that I could not really tell any difference in was a Beretta, BUT I was not shooting full power factory ammo either, it was reloads. I have noticed that they seem to work especially well in SIG's (the SIG P225 is as light shooting as an H&K P7) and the Glock 30. If you get one I have a couple of suggestions. Use full power factory ammo and do not limp wrist the pistol trying to feel the effects, the tighter you hold the pistol the better the system works.
The units do not reduce recoil. What happens is that the recoil pulse is spread out over a longer period of time. That reduces the felt recoil.
They also save wear and tear on a gun, especially a 1911. Back in the 1980's when I started shooting IPSC shooters were putting heavy springs in the 1911 to try to reduce recoil. This causes the slide to slam into battery and was causing frame cracks around the slide stop hole. With a Sprinco reducer you use a lighter than normal recoil spring, enough force to get the slide back and the barrel to lock, because the sub-spring slows the slide down before impact. So you save impact going both directions. Sometimes the mainspring is too light. I ran into this on my Browning HP's in 9mm. My barrels are tightly fitted and the Sprinco spring was not strong enough to return the slide to battery, so I use the spring for the .40 cal HP in both the 9mm and .40 S&W guns.
I have not had any functional problems with the systems other than the HP spring change. I have had some fit problems with a couple and the problems were immediately corrected by the company. Sprinco has a great offer that I urge you to take them up on so you can decide for yourself. You can buy a unit and try it for 30 days. If you don't like it send it back for a full refund.
sensop is using one in his Commander and is quite happy with it last I heard. I suggest that you contact him for an opinion.
Funny the poster who mentioned the Beretta, the one gun that I could not really tell any difference in was a Beretta, BUT I was not shooting full power factory ammo either, it was reloads. I have noticed that they seem to work especially well in SIG's (the SIG P225 is as light shooting as an H&K P7) and the Glock 30. If you get one I have a couple of suggestions. Use full power factory ammo and do not limp wrist the pistol trying to feel the effects, the tighter you hold the pistol the better the system works.
The units do not reduce recoil. What happens is that the recoil pulse is spread out over a longer period of time. That reduces the felt recoil.
They also save wear and tear on a gun, especially a 1911. Back in the 1980's when I started shooting IPSC shooters were putting heavy springs in the 1911 to try to reduce recoil. This causes the slide to slam into battery and was causing frame cracks around the slide stop hole. With a Sprinco reducer you use a lighter than normal recoil spring, enough force to get the slide back and the barrel to lock, because the sub-spring slows the slide down before impact. So you save impact going both directions. Sometimes the mainspring is too light. I ran into this on my Browning HP's in 9mm. My barrels are tightly fitted and the Sprinco spring was not strong enough to return the slide to battery, so I use the spring for the .40 cal HP in both the 9mm and .40 S&W guns.
I have not had any functional problems with the systems other than the HP spring change. I have had some fit problems with a couple and the problems were immediately corrected by the company. Sprinco has a great offer that I urge you to take them up on so you can decide for yourself. You can buy a unit and try it for 30 days. If you don't like it send it back for a full refund.
sensop is using one in his Commander and is quite happy with it last I heard. I suggest that you contact him for an opinion.
Jim Watson
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I used one in a 1911 for a short time. It took a bit of the snap out of the felt recoil and presumably cushioned the frame.
I took it out because my main use for the gun was IDPA where shooting to slide lock is frequently required. The buffer spring would ram the slide against the slide stop so hard that reloading from slide lock was a real rassling match. After a few stabs at the lever and yanks at the slide that did not release it, I took the Sprinco out and returned to the CP nylon buffer. I tried it again later with a softer buffer spring and by the time the slide could be released normally, there wasn't much buffering action left. Back to the CP to stay. I traded the Sprinco to a casual shooter who liked it.
It would be ok for IPSC where the object is to never let the gun run dry, or for bullseye where you have plenty of time to apply the effort required. Maybe for a hideout gun that you were not carrying a reload for anyway.
I took it out because my main use for the gun was IDPA where shooting to slide lock is frequently required. The buffer spring would ram the slide against the slide stop so hard that reloading from slide lock was a real rassling match. After a few stabs at the lever and yanks at the slide that did not release it, I took the Sprinco out and returned to the CP nylon buffer. I tried it again later with a softer buffer spring and by the time the slide could be released normally, there wasn't much buffering action left. Back to the CP to stay. I traded the Sprinco to a casual shooter who liked it.
It would be ok for IPSC where the object is to never let the gun run dry, or for bullseye where you have plenty of time to apply the effort required. Maybe for a hideout gun that you were not carrying a reload for anyway.
I use a Sprinco in my SIG P229/.40 and find that it substantially reduces muzzle flip. Overall recoil is softened somewhat. The major advantage for me is the ability to more quickly get back on target, and I suppose that the pistol is also taking less of a beating at the same time. All in all I'm happy with it.
Johnny Rad
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I'm on the fence with my Sprinco and P99 9mm.
From my perspective, it indeed makes a noticeable difference by softening and knocking off the edges off the pistol's recoil. Until I learned the "trick," it was a real bear to get it into place into the slide the first few times. It's no big deal now, but was quite the headache-maker back then. Also, it "rubbed" a small area of black on the front of the slide where it protrudes with each shot.
Interestingly, it sits unused in my range bag because I think the novelty simply wore off. At the end of the day, it works as advertised but I figure why bother ... maybe it's because I don't shoot hot Corbons?!
From my perspective, it indeed makes a noticeable difference by softening and knocking off the edges off the pistol's recoil. Until I learned the "trick," it was a real bear to get it into place into the slide the first few times. It's no big deal now, but was quite the headache-maker back then. Also, it "rubbed" a small area of black on the front of the slide where it protrudes with each shot.
Interestingly, it sits unused in my range bag because I think the novelty simply wore off. At the end of the day, it works as advertised but I figure why bother ... maybe it's because I don't shoot hot Corbons?!
