Variable rate recoil spring
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Variable rate recoil spring
Specifically for Bullseye shooting, is there any advantage or disadvantage in using a variable rate recoil spring vs. a conventional spring?
When I bought my Baer in 2017, it came with an 18 pound spring. Baer sent me a 16 pound spring shortly afterwards. When I was discussing using the gun only for bullseye loads, they sold me two springs, a standard 13 pound recoil spring, and a variable 13 pound recoil spring.
Since then I have been told that a ten pound spring would be appropriate for the very light loads I'll be using (3.8, and maybe 3.5 grains of WST with Magnus #801 bullets), and I have both a 10# and an 11# spring on order from Brownell's. While digging through my folders for where I stashed my spare parts, I found the two 13 pound springs. With Jon and Dave both recommending a 10# spring, that's what I plan on using, but I'm curious - what would a variable rate spring do for/against performance in Bullseye?
When I bought my Baer in 2017, it came with an 18 pound spring. Baer sent me a 16 pound spring shortly afterwards. When I was discussing using the gun only for bullseye loads, they sold me two springs, a standard 13 pound recoil spring, and a variable 13 pound recoil spring.
Since then I have been told that a ten pound spring would be appropriate for the very light loads I'll be using (3.8, and maybe 3.5 grains of WST with Magnus #801 bullets), and I have both a 10# and an 11# spring on order from Brownell's. While digging through my folders for where I stashed my spare parts, I found the two 13 pound springs. With Jon and Dave both recommending a 10# spring, that's what I plan on using, but I'm curious - what would a variable rate spring do for/against performance in Bullseye?
mikemyers- Posts : 4236
Join date : 2016-07-26
Age : 80
Location : South Florida, and India
Re: Variable rate recoil spring
I've never found them good for much. It lets the pistol come out of battery sooner. Perhaps too soon. I played with several of course in my lifetime. I think they make it a little easier to chamber a round on your 16# hardball pistol but really can't think of another reason to use them.
Len
Len
LenV- Posts : 4770
Join date : 2014-01-24
Age : 74
Location : Oregon
Re: Variable rate recoil spring
Variable rate springs are useful in compensated pistols to help them unlock. They are of no benefit to our pistols.
Steve B- Posts : 627
Join date : 2011-06-16
Location : Elkhart, IN
Re: Variable rate recoil spring
Thanks - it will go back into the drawer it used to be in for years, in a "pendaflex folder" I rarely look at.
mikemyers- Posts : 4236
Join date : 2016-07-26
Age : 80
Location : South Florida, and India
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