Another sigma guide rod thread, this time with a twist!!
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Cool deal, i'm dieing to see how she does!I have the g23 OEM guide rod and spring, I put it into the Sigma and will be test firing shortly. Dummy me, should have switched out the steel rod and spring, and put back the OEM, when I traded in the g***k.
Ouch, i hate it when i forget about stuff like that, lol.
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Cool deal, i'm dieing to she how she does!
Shot 100 rds of frangible ammo through the 40ve today. As I suspected it performed flawlessly again. It may be my imagination, or I'm just getting aquainted with the pistol, but after replacing the S&W OEM rod and spring, with the g***k 23, OEM rod and spring, I found myself to be more accurate and suspiciously, felt less recoil. Not too sure what the effect of the swap out is, but good, cold day at the range in New England.
This gun continues to impress me!! And oh, the front sight is still intact
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11shooter
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Fresh Recoil Spring Assembly for My Sigma
I got tired of having to walk into the next county (figuratively speaking) to pick up my brass. I bought a new recoil spring assembly for my Smith and Wesson 9VE. It came in today, and -- WOW! What a difference it made!
Less felt recoil
Quicker follow-up shots
Brass spread out neatly about 5 to 8 feet behind me
Harder to rack the slide
My gun is seven years old, with about 4,000 rounds fired through it (mostly Winchester USA "White Box"). With the old spring I didn't have any feeding problems, or any other problem for that matter. I just noticed that my gun would throw the spent brass about 25 - 30 feet. Even though my original spring passed all of the little "tests" I read about on the internet, it is obviously much weaker than the new one. The new spring seems to enjoy every kind of ammo, from extra lite reloads to +P defense stuff.
I highly recommend a new recoil spring assembly to breath new life into your action. It cost about $13 including shipping.
I got tired of having to walk into the next county (figuratively speaking) to pick up my brass. I bought a new recoil spring assembly for my Smith and Wesson 9VE. It came in today, and -- WOW! What a difference it made!
Less felt recoil
Quicker follow-up shots
Brass spread out neatly about 5 to 8 feet behind me
Harder to rack the slide
My gun is seven years old, with about 4,000 rounds fired through it (mostly Winchester USA "White Box"). With the old spring I didn't have any feeding problems, or any other problem for that matter. I just noticed that my gun would throw the spent brass about 25 - 30 feet. Even though my original spring passed all of the little "tests" I read about on the internet, it is obviously much weaker than the new one. The new spring seems to enjoy every kind of ammo, from extra lite reloads to +P defense stuff.
I highly recommend a new recoil spring assembly to breath new life into your action. It cost about $13 including shipping.
guide rod
I have 3 sigma's. 9,40,357. 9 and 40 are ve models. The 40 was my first polymer framed gun. I shot 1K rnds. of wwwb thru it to break it in and aquire some brass. I worked up to the maximum load of Longshot powder with a 155 gr. jhp bullet. This was a published max load in one of the hodgden load books. Vel was in excess of 1350 fps. Hodgden no longer recomends this high of a load using longshot. I went to a wolf spring and a steel guide rod which I purchased from midway. The rod was listed for the early version of the sigma, the "F" model if I remember correctly. I have had no problems using the guide rod in the sigma.
just my .02
thx
Don
I have 3 sigma's. 9,40,357. 9 and 40 are ve models. The 40 was my first polymer framed gun. I shot 1K rnds. of wwwb thru it to break it in and aquire some brass. I worked up to the maximum load of Longshot powder with a 155 gr. jhp bullet. This was a published max load in one of the hodgden load books. Vel was in excess of 1350 fps. Hodgden no longer recomends this high of a load using longshot. I went to a wolf spring and a steel guide rod which I purchased from midway. The rod was listed for the early version of the sigma, the "F" model if I remember correctly. I have had no problems using the guide rod in the sigma.
just my .02
thx
Don
Coop de Ville
Member
FYI-
I broke the frame of my 40E years ago. I had purchased the gun new in 2000. I had replaced the guide rod with a steel guide rod from either Wolff or ISMI (can not recall which). It was a captured flat spring similar to the factory one, except that the guide rod was steel instead of plastic.
While at the range a few years later, after firing a shot, the slide went forward and slid right off the frame onto the range floor. Upon inspection, it was clear that the plastic portion of the frame that holds the locking bar/ slide lock had become weak and "crumbly" (for lack of a better term).
I shipped it off to S&W and they returned it with a brand new frame at no charge. I never reinstalled that guide rod and have run it stock ever since.
At the time, I may have had 500 rounds through it with the new spring before it broke.
There are other variables however, that may have contributed:
1. I believe I installed an extra power recoil spring rated at 22 lbs. I am not sure what the statndard weight is.
2. I used gunscrubber quite a bit during cleaning. I am not sure if this could have been a factor as well.
FWIW- thought you might like the info.
Best,
-Coop
I broke the frame of my 40E years ago. I had purchased the gun new in 2000. I had replaced the guide rod with a steel guide rod from either Wolff or ISMI (can not recall which). It was a captured flat spring similar to the factory one, except that the guide rod was steel instead of plastic.
While at the range a few years later, after firing a shot, the slide went forward and slid right off the frame onto the range floor. Upon inspection, it was clear that the plastic portion of the frame that holds the locking bar/ slide lock had become weak and "crumbly" (for lack of a better term).
I shipped it off to S&W and they returned it with a brand new frame at no charge. I never reinstalled that guide rod and have run it stock ever since.
At the time, I may have had 500 rounds through it with the new spring before it broke.
There are other variables however, that may have contributed:
1. I believe I installed an extra power recoil spring rated at 22 lbs. I am not sure what the statndard weight is.
2. I used gunscrubber quite a bit during cleaning. I am not sure if this could have been a factor as well.
FWIW- thought you might like the info.
Best,
-Coop
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