Auto Recoil Spring Guide Rod Non-hardened ?

[ARM]

Guys
Do kindly confirm whether this has to be hardened
Am in the process of finishing one in 316 Stainless for my Son and really need to know whether I am indeed doing the right thing
From the little we understand, all the Recoil energy is taken up by the Spring and not much by the Rod which need not be in a Hardened state.
Am I on track here ???
Do let us know
Thanks in advance
aRM

 

[Billh50]

Not sure what you are working on but my friends Keltec had a plastic recoil rod. I made him a new one out of aluminum.

 

[ARM]

Not sure what you are working on but my friends Keltec had a plastic recoil rod. I made him a new one out of aluminum.

Hello there Bill
This one's for a 9mm Auto CZ 75 to be more precise.
aRM

 

[Billh50]

I don't believe you need to harden it. The spring does all the work. The guide rod is only to keep the spring from buckling as far as I know. That's all it does on my buddies 9mm.

 

[ARM]

I don't believe you need to harden it. The spring does all the work. The guide rod is only to keep the spring from buckling as far as I know. That's all it does on my buddies 9mm.

Thanks Bill
That's a big relief !!!
aRM

 

[wrmiller]

The recoil spring guide rod is intended to eliminate binding of the recoil spring to facilitate smoother rearward travel of the slide and make extraction/ejection/feeding more reliable. Does it actually work? Dunno. But I have them in my 1911s and have made them out of aluminum and had no problems over 10s of thousands of rounds in my Steel Challenge guns.

 

[ARM]

The recoil spring guide rod is intended to eliminate binding of the recoil spring to facilitate smoother rearward travel of the slide and make extraction/ejection/feeding more reliable. Does it actually work? Dunno. But I have them in my 1911s and have made them out of aluminum and had no problems over 10s of thousands of rounds in my Steel Challenge guns.

Wow Bill, now really !!! Aluminium is indeed very light, and that too not the hardenable Grade
And U have had no problems either.
I think our 9 mm generates slightly more pressures than Your .45 so the Stainless 316 would hold good
Thanks a stack for the response
Much appreciated
LORD BLESS
aRM

 

[wrmiller]

The only pressure on the guide rod it that produced by the recoil spring itself. To clarify, I made the rod out of aluminum, not the base of the rod that rests against the frame, nor the retaining cap at the other end. Those are steel. At the other end of the weight spectrum, I have made solid tungsten rods for 1911s to add a little weight low and forward to help with recoil control. Lots of ways to do this.

 

[kkcalvin]

My Glock 22 Gen 3 recoil rod is plastic, You will be fine wit 316 SS.

 

[ARM]

My Glock 22 Gen 3 recoil rod is plastic, You will be fine wit 316 SS.

Thanks KK
Much appreciate the reponse
aRM