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    Remington Rand 1911 Recoild Spring

    I have a WWII issue Remington Rand 1911- a nice gun that seems manufactured with a seeming precision not found in current 1911 guns and a beautiful parkerized finish. I want to replace the recoil spring. Was the 16 recoil spring standard for guns of that era as is the case today?

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    IMHO.


    i'd go with a wilson combat spring kit. for the price you can update everything pretty cheap.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Helen Keller View Post
    IMHO.


    i'd go with a wilson combat spring kit. for the price you can update everything pretty cheap.
    Thanks. I looked up on wilson kit which had a 10 pound spring which must be for competition shooters shooting with some sort of no recoil loads and an 18 1/2 pound spring. I will try their 18 1/2 spring.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jet3534 View Post
    I have a WWII issue Remington Rand 1911- a nice gun that seems manufactured with a seeming precision not found in current 1911 guns and a beautiful parkerized finish. I want to replace the recoil spring. Was the 16 recoil spring standard for guns of that era as is the case today?

    Every 1911 problem I've ever encountered was fixed by replacing the 16# spring with a 20# spring.

    I use Wolff gunsprings in all my pistols and never any problems.
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