i would think that a commander from 82 with 5k rounds through it would need a new spring. what i do for my commander is: new spring, with every new case of ammo.
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its feeds ok but on the LAST round out of the mag when it is ejected is all mangled from the case mouth backwards. and when i say it feeds "ok", i shoot exclusively my reloads and never had a problem feeding them into the ed brown bbl. but recently a few have hung up on the feed ramp where they never used at all. mags are bill wilsons.
Good reading, thanks. I changed it out with a Wolf 18.5lb "Extra Power Chrome Silicone wire"and it never missed a beat. I noticed the slide was too easy before changing. I will change it earlier next time. Great gun and never malfunctioned, but I probably beat it up a little waiting so long. Probably 4K.
What was the second spring that came in the package. About a 2 inch small one. What is it and do I need to instal it? Is there a you tube on doing it. So I dont F%$k it up.
That is likely the firing pin spring. They come in packages of 2 quite often
Yes, it was a FP spring. Thanks
I went nearly 5,000 rounds in my Professional Model (4.25 in) before switching the recoil spring.
I wouldn't recommend doing this if you rely on the particular weapon for competition or protection. I wanted to see how long it could go before it started having problems. As it turns out, the spring turned south very quickly -it went from functioning flawlessly to failing to go into battery every 50 rounds or so.
I just changed the recoil spring in my T3 (commander slide). The new #18 spring is a full inch longer than the one it replaced. I thought it was not the same spring so I counted the colis and there were 20 on both. This is after about 2K rounds.