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Originally Posted by Arc Angel
Better spring steel, more resilient, more flexible, and Wolff springs tend to last much longer, as well.
I once asked Dave Koebensky @ Wolff, ' Why' they didn't make flat-wound springs? His reply was,
' We're a multimillion dollar company, one of the largest gun spring manufacturers in the world.' ' Quite frankly, we've tested those springs; and, if they worked better than what we're selling now, Wolff would be selling them, too; but they didn't; and we don't!''
Shut me up!  |
When I first read that statement by Wolff I assumed it meant they only use wire with a round cross section, i.e. like piano wire.
Now I'm not sure what it means. In particular they make variable rate springs which would be virtually impossible with round wire. A variable rate spring generally relies on progressive "stacking" of areas with closer coils. Round wire wouldn't reliably stack, so my interpretation must be wrong.
So, what does "Flat Wound" mean?