Same here and if you have polished barrels on all of your GLOCKS like I do it looks great!! I have never fired my GLOCKS with the stock recoil spring yet? So I would know if it is an improvement.david1962hd said:I have 1 in each of my guns and have no issues, I don't really have a good reason why I have them in my pistols other than I like SS over plastic.
Glock highly reccommends replacing recoil springs between 3 to 5 thousand rounds. Other than the added weight for the metal I don't know it would be much different.I had the factory spring in mine for 5 years and about 8k rounds with no issues. I recently replaced it with a SS rod and factory weight spring because at the base of the factory one it was looking like it was starting to deform a tad and I just wanted to replace it for piece of mind. I have not noticed any difference in recoil though, but I haven't tried shooting them back to back. Maybe next time at the range I'll shoot one mag on the SS rod then swap out and toss the factory one in for a mag and see.
Awesome man, Id love to see the pics of the 30 with the ss and with the factory rod next 2 each other.Glocked said:The other day at the range I put up 2 targets at about 18 -20 yards. I fired my 30 with Stainless steel guide rod assembly at the right side then I fired the 29 with factory guide rod at the left target. I'm not sure if it's the guide rod or if the 30 is just that much better. I will try the 30 with and without factory rod tomorrow when I go for GSSF. I realize the target are upside down but thats how i taped them up. This was with 7 rounds each weapon. Here are the results...
I'll shoot a five round test both ways and post it tomorrow. I'm curious as well.MadTaco said:Awesome man, Id love to see the pics of the 30 with the ss and with the factory rod next 2 each other.
As promised, I test fired with a lightning strike stainless steel recoil spring/guide rod assembly and then with a factory assembly. I realize this is not definitive. I was just curious.MadTaco said:Awesome man, Id love to see the pics of the 30 with the ss and with the factory rod next 2 each other.
Wow thanks man, interesting results. I wasn't expecting that at all.Glocked said:As promised, I test fired with a lightning strike stainless steel recoil spring/guide rod assembly and then with a factory assembly. I realize this is not definitive. I was just curious.
Left side is 7 shots at 7 yards with a factory spring and the right side is 7 shots at 7 yards with the ss lightning strike.
Then I fired 3 rapid fire shots at 7 yards with factory spring and 3 rapid fire shots at 7 yards with the ss assembly. Left side factory, right side ss lightning strike.
My opinion is there is no real difference here. I like the look, weight and feel of the stainless guide rod thought.
Enjoy...
Good unbiased reportGlocked said:As promised, I test fired with a lightning strike stainless steel recoil spring/guide rod assembly and then with a factory assembly. I realize this is not definitive. I was just curious.
Left side is 7 shots at 7 yards with a factory spring and the right side is 7 shots at 7 yards with the ss lightning strike.
Then I fired 3 rapid fire shots at 7 yards with factory spring and 3 rapid fire shots at 7 yards with the ss assembly. Left side factory, right side ss lightning strike.
My opinion is there is no real difference here. I like the look, weight and feel of the stainless guide rod thought.
Enjoy...
I may have to invest in the SS for my 23.Heedless619 said:I have a tungson one on my G23 and love it. I don't see a major difference with recoil but I like the idea of tungson instead of plastic. Glockstore.com for $50.