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I'm thinking of buying a Star PD .45 and heard that the "recoil spring buffer" will not function after about 500 rounds, is this true and if so does anyone supply these?
Any help please!
Any help please!
The Shok Buffer is a Polymer ring made to soften the slides slamming into the guide rod and thus the frame. Believe that is a Wilson trade mark nowadaysFlyer said:Well, what they're talking about is the recoil spring rod...
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:lol: Flyer : my PD has this part.[ Buffer ] The recoil rod is a 5 part assm [counting spring ], what looks like the flared seat at the barrel link end is actually a seperate piece of hard PLASTIC ! The larger end at the link unscrews . [ rt hand thread-!! caution- some type of thread lock agent was used from the factory. ] The factory recoil spring rate was only 12 lbs., so the buffer was used to protect the alloy frame. Numrich Arms, [ Gun Parts Corp ], has them listed ,but have not had any for qiite a while. [ Part # 128690 ] Units like Wilson buffers can be made to work, but don't stand up very long. I tried to find some for the PD , and only could locate 4 used ones on Gunbroker.com, W/ 2 Wollf springs,they went for around $75.- NOT TO ME!! I installed a spring .023" larger wire dia., 1 less coil, approx 1/4" longer free length. Nothing to check with but I think its about 17 lbs. My buffer is in good shape and I want to keep it that way. One more caution: if you mess W/ springs, check for coil bind. Barrel bushings are hard to find and not built for that kind of pressure. Don't ask how i know this. Hope this helps, MaGee's husband.Flyer said:Ahem...
The issue was that of a BUFFER... of which the PD doesn't have one. It's got the standard 1911-type spring guide rod.
And almost ALL 1911s have the standard bushing-spring-rod arrangement... it was THIS I was referring to as the "guide rod".
Yes, there are some 1911s that have been modified to use a full-length guide rod... and I wouldn't touch 'em with a ten-fool pole.
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