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With that being said, does anyone have a guesstimate on the service life of the "1911" spring that's used on most aftermarket single piece guide rods for the XD? Wolff brand springs. Typically used for the Canyon Creek, or Don's guide rod, etc?
I had a 20lb spring I installed with my Canyon Creek Tungsten guide rod, pretty much when I purchased the gun.
I never used the stock captive assembly. I have probably close to 1500-1600 rounds through my XD (don't shoot it a lot anymore), and am finding that the guide rod spring is or has worn out. There's a bulge in a few of the coils 3/4 of the way down on it, and there seems to be a lot of forward and reward slop in the gun as if the spring is no longer a 20lb spring. I think because of the bulge the gun sometimes acts as if it doesn't want to return to it's final position if you rock the slide back just a tad as if you were going to reset the striker for dry fire practice..
All I've ever shot out of this gun is 180gr Blazer Brass or WWB, and a few Gold Dots, and HST. Should I have gotten more rounds of of that spring, or would you guys say that 1500-1600 rounds is an acceptable service life out of these springs?
I threw the stock assembly and even a 22lb spring in there, and gun functions normal, so I know it's the spring
With that being said, does anyone have a guesstimate on the service life of the "1911" spring that's used on most aftermarket single piece guide rods for the XD? Wolff brand springs. Typically used for the Canyon Creek, or Don's guide rod, etc?
I had a 20lb spring I installed with my Canyon Creek Tungsten guide rod, pretty much when I purchased the gun.
I never used the stock captive assembly. I have probably close to 1500-1600 rounds through my XD (don't shoot it a lot anymore), and am finding that the guide rod spring is or has worn out. There's a bulge in a few of the coils 3/4 of the way down on it, and there seems to be a lot of forward and reward slop in the gun as if the spring is no longer a 20lb spring. I think because of the bulge the gun sometimes acts as if it doesn't want to return to it's final position if you rock the slide back just a tad as if you were going to reset the striker for dry fire practice..
All I've ever shot out of this gun is 180gr Blazer Brass or WWB, and a few Gold Dots, and HST. Should I have gotten more rounds of of that spring, or would you guys say that 1500-1600 rounds is an acceptable service life out of these springs?
I threw the stock assembly and even a 22lb spring in there, and gun functions normal, so I know it's the spring