TWEET This Video! clicktotweet.com TWITTER: www.twitter.com FACEBOOK: www.FaceBook.com Google+: plus.google.com Making sure you have the correct weight recoil spring in your gun is going to make a difference on how it handles when performing double taps. Too heavy a spring will cause the muzzle to "nose dive" and take longer for you to recover the sight picture before you can shoot again. Too light a spring can cause damage to your pistol. In this video I provide some high speed video with various spring weights so you can see how they perform. Here is a basic guide for choosing a spring: 9mm = 9lb .40 = 12-14lb .45 = 15-18lb 9mm.38 Open Guns = 7-9lb Dawson Precision "Aluma Buff": PN 032-001 www.dawsonprecision.com
Tuning your Pistol for Faster Double Taps with Recoil Springs
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I’m gonna have to defer on that. I really have no real experience with after market finishes other than chrome. My carry gun is stainless. The stainless holds up better against sweating all over the gun in this Texas heat where I live.
great video
recoat/refinish. My Kimber Ultra Carry 2. Thanks~
I’m not too versed in the paint type coats. When I have a pistol done I usually get it hard chromed. They tend to clean easier and make it more durable. Cobra Chrome is who I have used in the past. What gun were you wanting to color? I can;t recall our conversation.
Hey Nic, sorry for asking again, what coating options for any of my weapons did you recommend to me a while back ago? Lost the thread, email etc. If you can pm me that company or individual that would be great. I’ve heard Cerakoate, however, I’m not 100{10faa3092bae83cdf963b1ab1025701434ba1e012413cb9c0c72be0a479389c3} sure. Thanks again!
yeah thats more or less the same principle just that its a revolver so the point of force is actually where the muzzle is. That was alittle bit of my point that if you change placement of the slide stop you woulld have a non revolver handgun that has as good recoil control as the chiappa 😛
Kinda, it may be better to just redesign the whole gun like the chiappa rhino.
yeah, so it evens out the force over time so that it isnt so snappy i guess? But i was refering more to how far upp vertically the slide stop is from your hand, its pretty simple mechanics/fysics but ive never seen anyone tampering with this idea, for example lowering the slide stop so that its on the front/as high up as the triggergaurd will give mush less muzzleflip, but offcourse thats pretty heavy modifications, will have to cut in to the gun. You get the idea of what i mean?
At the most rearward point where the slide stops and then goes forward is a lot of force. That is why there are dual recoil springs on some guns. A lighter spring for the beginning an end of the cycle and a strong one for middle (most rearward extent). Make sure your grip is good and that will help a lot.
Thanks! I have a few more howtos on the 1911 coming soon.
Appreciate the effort you’ve gone to mate
or with other words iam trying to calculate torque felt on your hand, and in this case the higher the point of force that the gun gives will result in more recoil, but iam not sure where that specifik point of force is, and iam pretty sure that its not from the muzzle but from the slide knocking back on the slide stop
Iam mostly trying to understand how to know what gun (scientificly) recoils or muzzleflips more. People keep talking about the distance between the muzzle and your hand, but i think its wrong. Because as i saw in your video to the most recoil is felt when the slide blowsback all the way to the "slide stop" so iam thinking that it shoulld be more reasonable to check where your sldie stop is than the muzzle is in distance from your hand when comparing recoil, but iam not sure
Your welcome!
Not quite sure I follow you.
Shoot, I would left running out of that place, of course, after having a conversation w the moron about "safety first." Too many morons, idiots out there, hey I’m not saying that I am the "expert" but I have common sense, which some people in society don’t have…
Yes I do. Safety is my main complaint. I once saw a guy at the public range look down the muzzle of his pistol to see of the laser was working. His pistol was loaded and his finder was on the trigger. I packed up my stuff and left quickly. I figured if he was stupid enough to point the gun at himself, then he would point it at me.
Yup, true… But I can’t stand ppl who don’t know how to shoot their pistols, operate them properly or have decent shot placement, no proper grip, handling, stance and I’m sure the list goes on, you know what I mean. Thanks again.
Will do. I’m out of practice on the single stack but I think it will be fun. And besides… any shooting is good shooting!
Sounds great, thanks for the help! Stay safe.
Is there lots of movement on the trigger when you depress it to fire (lots of "take-up"). If so, my video will show you how to adjust for that and the "over travel", or how far the trigger travels rear ward after you break the shot (thats what that screw is for). My video will show how to adjust for this. I’ve been swamped with hunting stuff and this Sunday I am shooting a Single Stack match. I hope to get some good footage of that. Since you are subbed, you will see the vid when it comes
Yes, it does… Didn’t want to mess w it because I’m not an armourer or gunsmith and since it has a "lifetime" warranty, well you know. But yes, it does have an adjustment screw on the trigger, what do you suggest? Any help would be appreciated, again, thank you!
Does your trigger have an adjustment screw that you can see?
Cool, please do let me know once you post the video on the trigger adjustment. You can also inbox me to advise me. Once again, thank you!