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Old 12-02-2010, 10:37 PM
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Spring weight is actually proportional to recoil which depends both on bullet weight and loading. If bullets are loaded to the same muzzle velocity, the lighter ones will have less recoil. However, lighter grain bullets "souped up" for defense loads will kick more. If you stick with typical factory hardball load, lighter bullets can go with lighter recoil springs.

I think 180 grain standard load .45 could use a spring around 15#.

In general: too stiff of spring will result in "short cycling" type of feed problems. too light spring will result in excessive slide to frame battering.

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