Recoil spring

[Carolina guy]

I know that my hands are not what they used to be. But, when I rack the slide on my Springfield Loaded model, it seems to take a lot more effort than the slide on my Para-Ordnance commander size or even my officers size Kimber.( See, I started samll and am working up in size). Any suggestions to make this easier?
Thanks

[gottripletsNC]

Is this with the hammer dropped or cocked?
If its dropped then the biggest thing I did to help with that was to drop that SA 28#mainspring down to a colt 23# mainspring, that helped me ALOT.
I would probably stay with a standard recoil spring, heard too many reasons not to. Could set the timing of the gun off. Changing that mainspring however seemed to help the trigger pull also...

[Harlie]

Is to precock hammer, then retract slide. With a 16/18# recoil spring, shouldn't be excessively hard, unless old age is kicking in (?). I'm 66 and knows of where I speak.

[bearandoldman]

Is to precock hammer, then retract slide. With a 16/18# recoil spring, shouldn't be excessively hard, unless old age is kicking in (?). I'm 66 and knows of where I speak.
Young guys like you should not have any problems I was 72 in December 2004

[texasbatman]

Young guys like you should not have any problems I was 72 in December 2004


:) I guess that makes me a teenager at 51 eh? That's great!!!!!!!!!!

Jim

[bearandoldman]

:) I guess that makes me a teenager at 51 eh? That's great!!!!!!!!!!

Jim

More or less a punk kid Jim ,the best from Len and Bear.

[wichaka]

Geez..........that would make me a snotty nose little tyke at 41?! :D

[bearandoldman]

Geez..........that would make me a snotty nose little tyke at 41?! :D

My youngest daughter who is the youngest child will be your age in June.

You have to stop hanging out with that bad element at night and you can get old like me.

You mentioned a barrel bushing compensdator in anothe post any reccomendations chck out www.CoolGunStuff.com
Looks almost too good tyo be true at 20 bucks, what kind do you have?

[wichaka]

I got your PM, will have to check when I get home............

[stumbler]

I saw an article once where an individual made a block from wood that had enough clearance for the barrel to move but held the slide. "Pushing" the gun nose first allowed the elderly gentleman (he was over 85) to cock the 1911 on the range.(When are you old enuff for "OTD" (Old Timer's Disease)?)

[bearandoldman]

I got your PM, will have to check when I get home............
Thanks, just ordered one of those 19 dollar ones, can't go too far wrong at that price. Have a good day and catch some bad guys!! woof, woof, Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr fro the bad guys, says Bear. Found the problem with my Micro, it shoots everything fine but Wolf, some rounds are a little weak and the slide short strokes and case does not hit the ejector and is pushed back into the chamber and the slide jams on the next round in the mag. Shot alot of other ammo and it all works fine, So I ain't gonna fix it, till it really breaks.

[bearandoldman]

I saw an article once where an individual made a block from wood that had enough clearance for the barrel to move but held the slide. "Pushing" the gun nose first allowed the elderly gentleman (he was over 85) to cock the 1911 on the range.(When are you old enuff for "OTD" (Old Timer's Disease)?)
If I get it I hope I can remember to let you know what it is like. But you can have an OTD attack at any time in your life for an instant, Whaaaaaaaaaa?

[texasbatman]

More or less a punk kid Jim ,the best from Len and Bear.

Len,

Wouldn't be the first time I had been called that.......................although it has sure been a while. :) Give Bear a pat on the head and a cookie from me. Ya'll have a great evening.

Jim

[bearandoldman]

Len,

Wouldn't be the first time I had been called that.......................although it has sure been a while. :) Give Bear a pat on the head and a cookie from me. Ya'll have a great evening.

Jim

Oh yes, Ber just loves them peanut butter flaviored dog cookies from PetsMart, they got to be his favorite. Of course any treat you can get is good, we were at the club this afternoon and we have movie theter corn popper and he just loves popcorn too. Fringe benefit, popper is always full and bag your own at no charge, I do think it increases our soda sales though.

[wichaka]

Okay Len........

my bushing type compensator is made by Accu-Systems out of meza AZ. Not sure if they still make them, but here's the phone # that's on the package 602-464-0460 I got it about 10 or so years ago.........

[bearandoldman]

Okay Len........

my bushing type compensator is made by Accu-Systems out of meza AZ. Not sure if they still make them, but here's the phone # that's on the package 602-464-0460 I got it about 10 or so years ago.........

Thanks, hows the crime fighting business. Ordered one from www.villagetactical.com price was only 18.99 so can;t go too far wtong if I don't like it. Saw some others in the 60 to 80 dollar range. That's too rich for this old boy.

[wichaka]

Thanks, hows the crime fighting business.

Crime is still going..........has slowed a bit.......which gives me more time in the shop here at the dept.

I cjecked on the company of the comp. that I have, and they are out of biz., so that answers that.

Would like to see a pic of the one you're getting.

[bearandoldman]

Crime is still going..........has slowed a bit.......which gives me more time in the shop here at the dept.

I cjecked on the company of the comp. that I have, and they are out of biz., so that answers that.

Would like to see a pic of the one you're getting.
Should have it next week and as soon as I put it on I will take a picture and psot it on this thread.
Crime never seems to stop does it? That may be the oldes profession yet or maybe it's so varied it is not considered profession?

[gottripletsNC]

I guess that puts me in diapers at 30 huh there Len?

[bearandoldman]

I guess that puts me in diapers at 30 huh there Len?
No trainers, under 20 is diapers :p

[bearandoldman]

Crime is still going..........has slowed a bit.......which gives me more time in the shop here at the dept.

I cjecked on the company of the comp. that I have, and they are out of biz., so that answers that.

Would like to see a pic of the one you're getting.
Got it in the mail this morning and put it in,does not look bad and only 20 bucks. They are made by the ITM company, no address and marketed through this web sitecoolgunstuff (http://www.villagetactical.com/)
Here are a couple of pics
Bear say Woooooofie and give them horses a treat of some kind, he thinks he might like horses.http://www.geocities.com/oldman1727/comp.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/oldman1727/SAcomp.jpg
Probably make my weekly trip to the range Wed and wee how it works, sometimes it's almost more fun that an old guy can handle.

[whoop]

Is this with the hammer dropped or cocked?
If its dropped then the biggest thing I did to help with that was to drop that SA 28#mainspring down to a colt 23# mainspring, that helped me ALOT.
I would probably stay with a standard recoil spring, heard too many reasons not to. Could set the timing of the gun off. Changing that mainspring however seemed to help the trigger pull also...

Sorry to interupt but your response has interested me. I have been having ejection problems with a load even using a 8# recoil spring and now am wondering if the mainspring is to heavy. The ejector and extractor all seem fine. I have a Springfiled 1911-A-1 target model with about 1500 rounds through it. I have a load for bullseye that I want to shoot. After 10-15 rounds the ejection problems start with stove pipes and empty cases staying flat in the slide. The extractor passes all the tension tests advertised. Its like again the slide does not come all the way back after awhile or in slow fire. :)
Any feedback will be apprciated.