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    Too heavy a spring can cause ejection issues or failure to feed with light range ammo.
    Additionally a heavier spring causes more muzzle dip as slide goes to battery.
    A lighter springs downside is beating up gun, with hotter ammo.

    It’s a balance. If you’re shooting lighter range ammo exclusively, use lighter RS.
    If you’re shooting both range and SD ammo, I’d use a heavier RS.

    And to answer your question; I use a light recoil spring with wimp range ammo for the “softest shooting gun”. Subjectively.
    Last edited by gaijin; 10-22-21 at 18:36.
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