Do you have a nylon tip hammer? If so you could try to tap the end of the guide rod from the front of the slide and see if you can tap it out. If you need to use something like brass or metal then put some cloth over the slide to avoid screwing it up.

 

Be careful

 

LOL that one is mine. I was just coming here to ask if anyone has tried the Tungsten G43 Guiderod yet.

 

I removed it with a nylon hammer, but the spring jams so I have to fiddle with it to un-jam it. It works fine but still annoying because it’s hard to remove. The plastic part is too big and gets stuck in the hole. Shadow systems is sending me a new recoil spring, hopefully the new one will fit properly. If not I’ll have to look at getting a Glock spring.

 

They must have slow CS.
Keep us updated

 

I sold mine at a loss and went back to using my Glock 43. Too many stoppages and then the recoil spring assembly falling apart did me in. The CR920 is worse than a Taurus and I own 2 of them. At least they don't have malfunctions like the CR920.

 

I think they are having QC issues due to growing too fast IMO but other than the recoil spring mine has been reliable. Just not a captured Assembly at the moment. lol She eats whatever I feed her... at least the 1st 400 rounds,

 

Mine was reliable, accurate, and no malfunctions whatsoever even during the break in period. Same with the mr920. The recoil assembly on the cr was the only issue, but once SS sends me a replacement, the problem will hopefully be solved.

 

So… 5 weeks later and SS still hasn’t sent me the replacement recoil assembly. Been emailing them every 1-2 weeks for the recoil spring they keep promising to send. Anyone know if g43 recoil spring will fit?

I might just sell this at a loss and upgrade my p365xl with the new Icarus ACE Evo grip module. After 400 or so rounds of perfect reliability in my CR920, I had a pretty serious malfunction where the bullet got stuck under feed ramp and I can’t eject mag or rack slide. It could be due to the cheap ammo, but my CZ runs the same cheap ammo just fine.

 

So… 5 weeks later and SS still hasn’t sent me the replacement recoil assembly. Been emailing them every 1-2 weeks for the recoil spring they keep promising to send. Anyone know if g43 recoil spring will fit?

I assume the G43 RSA will fit, but will ask around and post here what I find.
I had off-center light-strikes due to the gun being slightly out of battery. They got back to my email within 3 hours and said they'd send me a new RSA--but I'd rather not wait weeks or months.

 

In the beginning I only shot Belom 124g and everything was fine, so I thought my CR920 was pretty reliable. Turns out those are the only ammo that works fine. Then I tried Federal 115g, blazer brass 115g and 124g, pmc 115g, magtech 115g, cheap Turkish ammo… they all caused FTE and FTF.

Today I field stripped my cr920 and discovered that it didn’t have an extractor depressor plunger. Wtf? Is SS a different design? The extractor is also stuck, no matter how hard I press the safety plunger, it won’t budge. Shining a flashlight into the hole where the extractor depressor plunger should go, I saw the screw for my optics, so I’m guessing it doesn’t come with one. So how do I remove the extractor? Does it require removing the optics?

Edit: nevermind, watch a video on MR920 disassembly and they use a short extractor plunger. Disassembling the slide requires removing the optics.

 

An update. Finally received my new recoil spring after 6.5 weeks. Unfortunately it is crooked and it locks up so I can’t install it unless it’s turned a specific angle. Sigh… I so regret buying this gun.

 

That sucks my dude. I know the feeling. I had high hopes for this concept from them.

 

Not only that… I just bought a trigger gauge and my trigger pull is over 8lbs. So it wasn’t just my imagination.

 

Well... I don't wanna say too much, to come off as disparaging to that company. I would have expected more from the company and what they're asking prices for various versions of it are.... A lot more...

 

I paid $1100 for my CR920. Commie state tax and also because I bought from a rip-off artist. I saw the CR920 from another seller for $750 a few months later. Still $150 over MSRP but then again, I bought a new g19 for $700 so that’s to be expected in this state. Even my MR920 was $1300!!! From now on I’m sticking to the established companies like Glock, Sig, Walther, and H&K.

 

Double ouch. Sorry bro. I've over paid for a gun or two, and it already sucks, but double when the gun is not functioning or hot garbage.

 

I’m starting to have buyers remorse on the Cr920. I’m having off center primer strikes and failure to feed issues after 400 rounds. Tried 115g Gold Dots and my Cr hates the stuff. 7 ftf out of 75 rounds. 🤦🏻‍♂️

 

I was having mad ftf but it turned out to be an oversprung recoil spring. After SS sent me a new recoil spring, I shot 100 rounds and let it sit in the safe with the slide locked for almost a month. After that, I fired over 400 rounds without malfunctions with all types of ammo. I’m still testing it, once I go 1000 rounds without malfunctions, I will feel comfortable carrying it.

Trigger is still terrible @ 6lbs, but I replaced it with an Overwatch trigger, which dropped it down to 5lbs. Now it’s an acceptable gun, but I still wish I never bought it because I spent unnecessary money to make it work as advertised.

You should contact SS, they are good about fixing issues. Worse case, they will send you a shipping label to send the gun back for inspection.

 

I was having mad ftf but it turned out to be an oversprung recoil spring. After SS sent me a new recoil spring, I shot 100 rounds and let it sit in the safe with the slide locked for almost a month. After that, I fired over 400 rounds without malfunctions with all types of ammo.

Trigger is still terrible @ 6lbs, but I replaced it with an Overwatch trigger, which dropped it down to 5lbs. Now it’s an acceptable gun, but I still wish I never bought it because I spent unnecessary money to make it work as advertised.

You should contact SS, they are good about fixing issues. Worse case, they will send you a shipping label to send the gun back for inspection.

Hmmm, ok I’ll give the locking the slide for a couple of weeks and give it another go.
If the problem still exists, I’ll contact SS.
I also didn’t like the stock trigger. It was just ok.
I ended up replacing it as well.
Thanks for the slide lock info, I’ll give it a try.

 

I had been pretty excited for this model but didn’t want to be a “beta tester” for a new gun.

Glad I just stuck with the 365xl

 

Well, I read on here where somebody was asking whether or not a Glock 43 spring would work so I went out and tried it because I was having the same problem with my spring and it ran perfectly about 250 rounds.