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I put a solid stainless steel guide rod I purchased from PRP in my XDm 45. I'd also recently put a trigger kit in it and just test fired it. In getting used to the new trigger feel, I had an unplanned detonation at one point. With the new guide rod, however, what I wound up with was a double-tap bullseye, which I've got to believe the guide rod was a factor. There's almost no flip at all now, though there was little before. So, it accomplished it's goal.
That was the good news. The bad news is for the first time ever, I had 2 or 3 FTF (fail to feed). I think the likely suspect is the new guide rod. I can't see how a trigger kit would have any effect on feeding, but the weight of the new rod might impact recoil (actually it'd better)!
I think what I might need to do is go down a pound or so in the weight of my guide rod spring. As I understand it, the spring counteracts the recoil. The recoil process extracts and ejects, but it's like a limp-wristed slide racking that failed to load a round, so I've got to think that if I lowered the recoil spring, the force of the recoil would be harder and get rid of my FTF problem.
Anyone out there have experience with this and have anything to comment? Does it sound like I'm on the right track? And going to a lighter spring would be the right direction, correct?
Thanks.
That was the good news. The bad news is for the first time ever, I had 2 or 3 FTF (fail to feed). I think the likely suspect is the new guide rod. I can't see how a trigger kit would have any effect on feeding, but the weight of the new rod might impact recoil (actually it'd better)!
I think what I might need to do is go down a pound or so in the weight of my guide rod spring. As I understand it, the spring counteracts the recoil. The recoil process extracts and ejects, but it's like a limp-wristed slide racking that failed to load a round, so I've got to think that if I lowered the recoil spring, the force of the recoil would be harder and get rid of my FTF problem.
Anyone out there have experience with this and have anything to comment? Does it sound like I'm on the right track? And going to a lighter spring would be the right direction, correct?
Thanks.