Recoil Springs And The 1911 ?

[TAB]

here is the deal with springs, it was never speced for weight, only X diamention wire with X number of turns.

which ends being in the 12-15 lb range.

If you start out with spring that is higher, you can just cut off about half a coil and try it again, that way you can fine tune it to your gun.  as a plus you don't have to buy another srping.


I've never had a prob with the 13 or 14 lbs wolff(2 ffs) springs, about 10k rounds then I replace them.  they are cheap.

[twyacht]

Even my Walther PPK/S has an 18lb, and I have a 22lb still in the bag...

My S&W 1911 Match is full size and was tweaked, when I was single and had money. It has a Wolff 18.5lb spring, and has yet to let me down with any ammo, even the notorious weak Wolf target ammo.

Although with a good polished feed ramp, I can agree with TAB, on a lighter spring. If it eats everything and is broken in, a lighter spring, but yet not too light, should work, but for a full size 1911 I prefer a slightly heavier spring due to length of slide.