3rd gen Guide rod questins

[340six]

3rd gen Guide rod questions
I have are kinda silly sorry.
I have a few 3rd gens and all are Stainless guns{ a few silver alloy and a few all Stanless} and have stainless guides
Just got a alloy 410S and did not like the plastic has like slots in it like a fluted barrel would look.
So metal Guide Rod was located. But it was blued so did not matter as the plastic one I was taking out is back.
I checked all my SS rods and they all are magnetic from end to end
I Got as replacement looks 100% like the SS rods I have in other guns solid no flutes Is black was told Blued.
But the magnet just sticks to one side. The side with the spring loaded pin magnet sticks to. but only part way into the rod some. {ie} as far as the insert goes inside the rod is the only part that is magnetic
Is it steel and aluminum combo? Or steel and plastic combo? As the magnet does not stick to it so can't not be all Steel
I was told it was steel / steel

 

[JohnHL]

Yes. There are aluminum body guide rods.

John

BTW Congrats on your NIB 410S. I saw it on GB and that you bought it.
The 410 is structurally unique among the Value Line pistols. Unlike its 9mm cousins, it shares the same frame and slide rails and barrel lock-up as its more expensive standard model .40 cal brethren.
That means the slides and barrels are interchangeable among all the standard (non TSW) .40s&w double stack models whereas among the 9mm models they are not.

 

[340six]

Thanks I am sure the plastic that came with it will last may a round but wanted a back up of metal as S&W no longer has parts for them.
I am sure that the aluminum body steel combo will also be fine.
Was staring to wonder if it was a steel plastic hybrid
Glad to see it is aluminum body

 

[guncheese]

That means the slides and barrels are interchangeable among all the standard (non TSW) .40s&w double stack models whereas among the 9mm models they are not.

well no not really
i have revised my WTB post for a 410 barrel
i found that there are the wide and narrow hood varieties
the narrow ones are easy to find not so much for the wide (.422") hood barrels
ohhh i would love to get my grips on a 410s!!

if you need the factory Hi-Viz fiber sites for it CDNN has some left cheap

 

[JohnHL]

I stand corrected on my post, guncheese!
There are indeed early (narrow) and late (wide) barrel hoods among the .40cals as there is among all the standard model S&W metal framed, center fire pistols that continued to be manufactured after circa 1993.

John

BTW The 410 uses the later wide hood barrel.