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Originally Posted by JohnHL
Recoil buffers seem like a good idea and they were available for S&W pistols when such things were fashionable.
"Shok-Buff"?
We all want to protect our pistols.
But in actuality, they are not needed at best and bad for your pistol at worst.
Their thickness (however small) compresses the recoil spring and can cause it to "coil bind" before the slide reaches the end of its travel.
This puts a shocking impulse through the guide rod and against the small web that supports it instead of the frame lugs where it belongs.
With a healthy recoil spring, no buffer is needed and I've never used them.
John
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I know I’ve seen it somewhere, but I can’t remember where... what is the “recommended” round count at which to change one’s recoil spring? Is it different for steel vs alloy receivers? Now I’m wondering whether my currently installed Model 915 upper, since it came to me used, should have gotten a new recoil spring during the build just as “insurance.”
New springs are relatively cheap and easy to find, but the same can’t be said about frames!
Froggie