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    Quote Originally Posted by nwcatman View Post
    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.
    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.

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    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.

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    That is likely the firing pin spring. They come in packages of 2 quite often

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pappabear View Post
    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 would be a firing pin spring. Remove the firing pin stop by pushing the firing pin in and sliding the stop down. Replace that firing pin spring every 5,000 rounds.
    Last edited by nking; 01-10-10 at 22:27.

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    Yes, it was a FP spring. Thanks

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by panzerr View Post
    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.
    When you wait that long you're needlessly battering the frame, too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nking View Post
    That would be a firing pin spring. Remove the firing pin stop by pushing the firing pin in and sliding the stop down. Replace that firing pin spring every 5,000 rounds.
    So, you needn't swop that everytime ya do the recoil spring? Some claim to do both at the same time. I just got back into 1911s after a few years away, and I couldn't remember.

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    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.

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