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Thread: 1911 Change the Springs how often

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    The change rate for Officer and shorter is at 500 rounds.

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    3-5k on full size. Every 1-2k on Officers
    If you aren't armed when you take a dump in your own home then your opinion on what is a practical daily carry weapon isn't interesting to me.

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    3500 rounds...

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    I do the 5" guns at 2k and only use Wolff 18# springs.

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    Assuming the 1911 is chambered in 45ACP I would recommend changing the recoil spring every 2000-2500 rounds in Government and Commander Models. This may be sooner than what is actually needed but fresh recoil springs are cheap insurance for pistol longevity.

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    If you're talking about the recoil spring, I try to change mine out around 2500 or so.

    Here's some good reading on 1911's as well:

    http://www.10-8performance.com/id9.html

    http://www.10-8performance.com/id8.html

    http://www.10-8performance.com/id32.html

    The third referenced article goes pretty indepth into maintenance and longevity.
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    Not sure if you've seen this: http://www.gunsprings.com/faq#Faq6 I've had good experience using Wolff gunsprings in my Kimber 4" Compact.
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    For 5" models:

    Change the recoil spring every 2,000 rounds
    Change the firing pin spring every 5,000 rounds
    Change the main spring every 25,000 rounds

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    is this why my 1911 commander 70 series .45acp is starting to short stroke on the last shot? probably has the original spring in it and maybe 5-6k rounds since 1982 ( or so) thru it.

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    When you say short stroke, do you mean failure to return to battery, or failure to pickup a round off the magazine?

    Springs are cheap. I would go ahead and replace the recoil, mainspring, and firing pin spring just because of the age.

    If it is failing to pickup a round off the magazine then it is probably a weak mag spring.
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