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kabob983 · 06-22-2005, 09:34 PM

I'm not very well versed in all the customizations that can be done to pistols. I am wondering exactly what the benefit of having custom guide rods and springs put into a pistol are? Softer recoil? I see that many offer different pound springs. What do the different pounds mean?

Also, does a stainless steel slide require less maintainance than a blued slide? What is the benefit of the stainless slide (other than looking pretty...)

06-23-2005, 08:08 AM

personally i think the stainless slide is easier to keep up and wont show scratches as easy

TeamXD · 06-24-2005, 08:39 AM

Just a matter of preference. Many shooters of 1911s regularly swap out springs to modify the feel of recoil, i personaly use a captive guid rod system. But thats a personal choice and my comfort level.

06-22-2005, 09:34 PM	#1
kabob983 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 196	Question about custom guides and springs I'm not very well versed in all the customizations that can be done to pistols. I am wondering exactly what the benefit of having custom guide rods and springs put into a pistol are? Softer recoil? I see that many offer different pound springs. What do the different pounds mean? Also, does a stainless steel slide require less maintainance than a blued slide? What is the benefit of the stainless slide (other than looking pretty...)

06-24-2005, 08:39 AM	#3
TeamXD XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 200	Just a matter of preference. Many shooters of 1911s regularly swap out springs to modify the feel of recoil, i personaly use a captive guid rod system. But thats a personal choice and my comfort level. __________________ I never enjoyed killing. It was my job. It was important that i did it well. If there was ever a meaningful thing about numbers......... It would be the number of lives that i saved. Not the number i took. Carlos Norman Hathcock II (USMC)

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06-23-2005, 08:08 AM	#2
REC613 Guest Posts: n/a	personally i think the stainless slide is easier to keep up and wont show scratches as easy