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- From: chrisb@wang.com (Chris Bennet)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: 9mm Handload Questions
- Message-ID: <199301212224.AA15487@elf.wang.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 04:02:58 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA
- Lines: 21
- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- burge@qdeck.com (Bill Burge) writes:
- <sutff deleted>
- ##to keep it around. The frame was taking a pretty good battering
- ##(although there were no signs of mechanical "problems", I could swear
- ##I could hear ..
- <stuff deleted>
- #Even if you don't "hear" it - it's still happening. Ever heard of a Shok-Buff?
- #It's a little piece of hard rubber that goes over the spring guide in the
- #Colt, to prevent the battering of the frame by the slide. This battering
- #occurs, especially when your load doesn't match you recoil spring. If you
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- #take the time to match spring and load, they last a long time. The one in my
- #Boland comp-gun has been there for 2.5 years.
-
- #Bill burge@qdeck.com
-
- I'm sure Bill knows this, but for the record an 18lb spring is the heaviest
- you should go. Any heavier and you are beating the gun (in the other
- direction) and perhaps making your "safe" trigger pull unsafe.
-
- Chris
-