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So, why does the Commander’s spring run a little heavier?
May 28, 2016

So, why does the Commander’s spring run a little heavier? It’s simple physics. A moving object is subject to outside forces fighting to decelerate it and bring it to a stop the instant that it starts moving. At least here on terra firma. The two main forces are friction and gravity. In the case of…

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1911 Recoil Spring Information
March 16, 2015March 16, 2015

1911 Recoil Spring Information Back in the day, there was only one spring for the 5-inch 1911 pistol…and it wasn’t identified by “pounds.” Neither was it the now-accepted standard 16 pound spring. Sometime in the last 30 years, 16 pounds came to be standard, and everybody accepted that figure…because it was close enough for gub’mint…

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