dan wesson recoil spring kinked?

[chaindrive]

hello all,

new member here and proud to be a part of this very informative site.

I bought a D/W razorback and am still in the breaking in phase (250 rnds. so far, no malfs).

this is the fourth time I've taken it down for a detailed cleaning and noticed something amiss.

the recoil spring has a distinct kink about an inch and a half past the end of the end of the recoil guide rod.

I've been very careful about reassembly and use a J.B. JOHNS 1911 bushing tool due to very stout recoil spring and tight bushing.

has anyone here run across this, should I contact D/W customer service?

thanks for any advice.

[PCFlorida]

Welcome aboard!

I don't have a DW but others do and will be along soon to help you.

[Intercooler]

   Do you have any pictures? I do recall mine having a weird look to the spring after some use. If I would have kept it longer the plan was to put a full length guide rod in.

[chaindrive]

no, sorry i'm not set up for posting pictures.

the best way I can describe it is a 1 inch section that kind of jinks off to the side a little bit and then the spring returns to normal orientation.

it is a stock spring and as mentioned, very stout.

i'm at a loss to see how it could deform at such a low round count.

it didn't seem to affect the performance of the pistol. however I wonder if I should replace it before the next outing.

[Intercooler]

Like you said it didn't seem to hurt function. How do you feel about full length guide rods?

[chaindrive]

never had any experience with them.

I also have a ruger SR1911 (sadly neglected now, 10mm rules!) and this has never happened with it.

come to think of it, I did have a failure to go into battery. I dropped the mag and racked the slide to clear the chamber and continued to shoot.

could this have somehow kinked the spring?

I really like the razorback and plan to keep it stock. great shooting pistol.

oh yeah, also have a glock20 gen4. it languishes in the safe too...

[sqlbullet]

If it ain't broke (doesn't run right), don't fix it.

[macc283]

I've had that happen b4 in 45s never hurt function as far as I could tell