[Wheeljack]

My first time out I wanted to throw the Glock away. Glad I didn't. First try sitting in front of the computer and while watching cycle the slide 500 time. No, not all at once, but at least 500 times. I did it with 50 quick cycles and then rest. Then go shooting again and see if it makes a difference. If your thinking about springs, take a look at http://www.gunsprings.com.

 

[Cpt.America]

Not enough info. But if your loads are too soft, it may not properly cycle a tightly sprung weapon like the glock. If this is just a range toy or comp gun, by all means buy a SS guide rod and a flat wire spring, with a gen4 slide adapter, and run as light of a spring as you want.

If it's a gun you are going to depend your life on, don't run a lighter recoil assembly, run better ammo.

You could always run a lighter spring setup to practice with your soft reloads, and put the factory RSA or heavier factory weight spring back in for your carry ammo.

 

[MajorD]

My personal similar experience. I had a go to 9mm handload that functioned every 9 I had no problem including a well used 19. Got a new 26 and had to run my load up to .2 grains below max to run. 6 months later and a fair amount of shooting and my baseline softie load worked fine.

 

[vba]

Don't have my reloading manuals in front of me but especially with a new gun I believe the powder charge is too low.

I know that I use 6.4 grains of W231 with a 200 grain hard cast bullet and this is a factory duplication load. I also believe the difference between powder coated and hardcast bullets is inconsequential.

 

[WeeWilly]

Multi-spring Glocks are sprung heavy. If you want to run target style loads a single guide rod with lighter spring will work better.

W231, being a ball powder will perform best at higher pressures (closer to max).

Bullseye, WST and Clays, to name a few will work better for you lighter target needs in 45 Auto.

 

[pahermit]

good advice,just reloaded 25 rds of 6.1 231 with my 200 gr powder coated heads and had no problem.I guess with time it will loosen up a little meanwhile i'll just use my lite loaded ammo in my 1911.Thanks all.

 

[sciolist]

And remember it's your grip and mount that allow the discharge energy to be transferred to the gun's action. This is especially important with a light plastic frame.

65% of a lot of power isn't very much power.

 

[refugeepj]

no bunny fart loads.

 

[pahermit]

Not enough info. But if your loads are too soft, it may not properly cycle a tightly spring weapon like the glock. If this is just a range toy or comp gun, by all means buy a SS guide rod and a flat wire spring, with a gen4 slide adapter, and run as light of a spring as you want.

If it's a gun you are going to depend your life on, don't run a lighter recoil assembly, run better ammo.

You could always run a lighter spring setup to practice with your soft reloads, and put the factory RSA or heavier factory weight spring back in for your carry ammo.

what is a slide adapter?

 

[9x45]

just an insert that lets you run single Gen 3 recoil springs

 

[Cpt.America]

what is a slide adapter?

as 9x45 has shown. The hole at the front of the slide that holds the RSA is much larger on the gen4, than the gen3. If you put a gen3 guide rod and spring in a gen4, the whole thing just falls right out the front of the slide. The adapter is a downsizer for that hole.

 

[GlockFan7]

Zero issues with off the shelf 230gr. A very soft shooter.