i understand that the stock recoil spring rate for the glock 22 is 17 pounds. however, after measuring the force of my recoil spring after about 600 rounds, it measures only 13.4 pounds. i was wondering if anyone has ever measured the power of the spring of a new unit and has tracked it at intervals. 13.4 pounds just seems too light to me with this low of a round count.
Maybe the weight isn’t quite 17 pounds brand new…
Anyone able to test this?
how did you measure it exactly?
i measured it by placing a wooden dowel throuth the barrel, so that it pushed against the slide and then placed it on a digital scale. i zeroed the scale to cancel the weight of the gun and then pushed on the gun, compressing the spring, until the slide was at full travel.
Glock recommends recoil springs be changed every 5K rounds. I replace mine usually every 2.5K-3K rounds.
Why? The total force is the weight of the gun plus the amount of force you apply by pushing down.
Try it horizontally and you won’t get the same results.
From the armorers course i attended today with Hodges, he stated Glock recommends 3k rounds for .40’s and 5k rounds for the other models.
Does this apply to the Gen4s as well?
Thanks
Interesting. Just got my 2 day Glock Advanced Armorers Cert. @ Glock in Smyrna GA a few months ago and the Dep Director of Training taught my class and said 5K for Glocks with single recoil springs and 7.5K rounds for Glocks with dual recoil springs…
Yea, I don’t remember exactly what he said for the 4th gens but i have it written down, he made a statement saying it wasn’t worth arguing over a round count and that to replace it either when the gun develops symptoms or when you find it appropriate, after all its only a 7$ part he kept saying, personally I keep an extra recoil spring in my range bag anyway incase something happens, especially since I shoot a 26 quite often and if their spring breaks the gun becomes a paper weight.