I finally have convinced my wife she needs to shoot something other a .22 so Sunday we went to the range and I started her on my Glock 17and XD9 Service. She seemed to do OK but still doesn't like the recoil, I told her she would get used to it.
In an effort to try and make things easier for her I started doing some research on reducing felt recoil by change recoils spring weight. Well this seems (to me at least) to be as back and forth an issue as the light/fast vs heavy/slow bullet issue.
I have found articles that say heavier springs reduce felt recoil because they slow it down and don't hit the frame as hard. I know a lot of people here have installed heavier springs. But wont the barrel hit the breech face harder now causing just as much shock but later in the process?
On CGR web page I have read go lighter because it speeds up the recoil so you don't notice it as much (once again the problem is the slide hits the frame harder instead of the barrel hitting the breech face hard).
The only thing I have figured out for sure is that changing springs changes the timing of the action.
Am I way off on this or is this another it depends on who you talk to issue?
Sorry if this has been discussed to death before.
Thanks
In an effort to try and make things easier for her I started doing some research on reducing felt recoil by change recoils spring weight. Well this seems (to me at least) to be as back and forth an issue as the light/fast vs heavy/slow bullet issue.
I have found articles that say heavier springs reduce felt recoil because they slow it down and don't hit the frame as hard. I know a lot of people here have installed heavier springs. But wont the barrel hit the breech face harder now causing just as much shock but later in the process?
On CGR web page I have read go lighter because it speeds up the recoil so you don't notice it as much (once again the problem is the slide hits the frame harder instead of the barrel hitting the breech face hard).
The only thing I have figured out for sure is that changing springs changes the timing of the action.
Am I way off on this or is this another it depends on who you talk to issue?
Sorry if this has been discussed to death before.
Thanks