Interesting story here; I decided to put Wolff springs in all of my 1911's across the board. 2 were bought new and 3 were bought used. I knew this was a good idea for the used models not having reliable shot counts, and frankly it was almost time for my two newly bought 1911's, both of which are Colts.
So I ordered up the Factory lb. version of the Defender spring set and installed them both on my NA along with the firing pin spring.
On the very first shot (230gr ball) the Wolf Outer Recoil Spring became completely compressed inside the Recoil Spring Bushing and the Recoil Spring Cap lodged inside the bushing as well, under the tension of the Outer Spring, and the Cap pushed out the front of the Bushing as far as the spring inside would allow.
So at this point obviously I unloaded the gun and set it aside.
When I got it home I wrapped the entire assembly in a towel to catch the parts and used a soft mallet to dislodge the assembly and the whole thing un-sprung just fine.
The Wolff outer spring was bent out of shape so I began to compare it to the Colt factory spring. What I then noticed was that the factory spring had been ground down flat on both ends to give it a flat purchase against both the Recoil Spring Bushing and the Recoil Spring Cap "flange" for lack of a proper term.
When I returned the factory spring, everything worked fine.
Did I screw something up that you can tell from my words? I didn't take a pic but you can imagine an Outer spring totally compressed under tension inside the Bushing with the Recoil Spring cap lodged inside the Bushing as well and held in by sheer tension and friction.
Anyone else have issues with their Wolff Defender Outer Spring like this?
Thanks all
So I ordered up the Factory lb. version of the Defender spring set and installed them both on my NA along with the firing pin spring.
On the very first shot (230gr ball) the Wolf Outer Recoil Spring became completely compressed inside the Recoil Spring Bushing and the Recoil Spring Cap lodged inside the bushing as well, under the tension of the Outer Spring, and the Cap pushed out the front of the Bushing as far as the spring inside would allow.
So at this point obviously I unloaded the gun and set it aside.
When I got it home I wrapped the entire assembly in a towel to catch the parts and used a soft mallet to dislodge the assembly and the whole thing un-sprung just fine.
The Wolff outer spring was bent out of shape so I began to compare it to the Colt factory spring. What I then noticed was that the factory spring had been ground down flat on both ends to give it a flat purchase against both the Recoil Spring Bushing and the Recoil Spring Cap "flange" for lack of a proper term.
When I returned the factory spring, everything worked fine.
Did I screw something up that you can tell from my words? I didn't take a pic but you can imagine an Outer spring totally compressed under tension inside the Bushing with the Recoil Spring cap lodged inside the Bushing as well and held in by sheer tension and friction.
Anyone else have issues with their Wolff Defender Outer Spring like this?
Thanks all