Question about guide rods

I was wondering if it is worth switching the stock plastic rod assembly out with either stainless or tungsten for shootability / reliability issues, and if so what was your experience with stainless vs tungsten. I have a 19, 27, & 30 sf, thanks in advance. D J

 

Thanks, what model do you have and how do you like the stainless?

 

Nevermind I read your post, thanks again

 

Yes that's my main reason also, i was just looking around online and thinking about maybe trying a tungsten rod to see if that helps with the muzzle flip, are you running a stock weight spring?

 

Ok, that's what I'm looking at right now, I think I might have to order a few lol, thanks again for the info

 

Well for now I'm just playing with my gen 3's until the mood strikes me to get another Lol, I've been looking at either a 21 or 22

 

Thanks thats good to know, I just bought 1 for each of my Glocks from Glockstore last night before reading this, I went with the tungsten for my 27 & 30 and ss for my 19, did you notice any less muzzle flip when you switched?

 

Ok thanks, can't wait to give 'em a try!

 

If you don't mind me asking why did you hate it at first?

 

Yes i agree, the more weight up front the better, I wasn't really too concerned with recoil reduction but if it happens then great, my main reason is for reliability issues, i believe that a plastic part that moves and has stress every time a round is discharged is bound to fail eventually and I was cleaning my 19 the other day and saw the stock rod had some (very minimal) wear from the spring sliding on it so i have been looking into upgrading the rods for a bit now that just made me decide to do it now, i figure that spending a few bucks now isn't bad at all after putting over 6,000 rnds down the pipe, because knowing my luck it would fail when i need it most.