CZ 75 buffer pad

[grumpyold]

BCRider quote- The idea is that all the recoil energy wants to be soaked up by the spring to where the slide just kisses the slide top or buffer and no more than that. When the spring does all the work it's easier on the gun and has the least felt recoil shock into your hands. A well tuned gun in this way should never break a slide stop or beat a buffer to death.
Well put. As usual a knowledgeable informed post. A properly tuned semi doesn't need widgets to perform without beating it's self to death. Shooting Times did an article titled HOW RECOIL SPRING RATE AFFECTS TIMING done a few years ago, good read if you can find it. The kiss your referring to, as pertains to 1911's, is around four pounds in a properly sprung pistol. For reference that's about the same as the hit used on the key board to type this post.

 

[BCRider]

Having said all this I'm sort of a fan of the idea of the buffer just because it's seldom a perfect sort of world. Only my one gun has the buffer but I still see the good behind the concept.

Recoil spring ratings are likely a rather broad "nominal" label. I'll bet that a sample of 13lb springs from a variety of makers or even batches from a single maker are going to vary over a couple of lbs between the upper and lower limit and still be called a "13lb spring".

Then there's the issue where a perfectly tuned gun needs to be matched to perfectly consistent ammo or else we're back to a weak ejection or slide/frame battering issue.

In the end I obviously don't lose a lot of sleep over the whole issue since I haven't run around putting buffers in all my toys. But I do try to match the springs to the ammo I shoot by monitoring the power of the ejection. And I care enough that if I get a gun and it's sending brass into the next postal code I'll stop right there and won't shoot that gun again until I can get a proper recoil spring that soaks up more of the slide's energy.

Hmmmm... I guess that means I do care.

Grumpy, that's an interesting reference to the topic. Thanks. I ran a quick search on "how recoil spring affects timing" and got this back. Is that the one you read?

http://www.shootingtimes.com/gunsmithing/recoil-spring-rate-affects-timing/

 

[grumpyold]

Having said all this I'm sort of a fan of the idea of the buffer just because it's seldom a perfect sort of world. Only my one gun has the buffer but I still see the good behind the concept.

Recoil spring ratings are likely a rather broad "nominal" label. I'll bet that a sample of 13lb springs from a variety of makers or even batches from a single maker are going to vary over a couple of lbs between the upper and lower limit and still be called a "13lb spring".

Then there's the issue where a perfectly tuned gun needs to be matched to perfectly consistent ammo or else we're back to a weak ejection or slide/frame battering issue.

In the end I obviously don't lose a lot of sleep over the whole issue since I haven't run around putting buffers in all my toys. But I do try to match the springs to the ammo I shoot by monitoring the power of the ejection. And I care enough that if I get a gun and it's sending brass into the next postal code I'll stop right there and won't shoot that gun again until I can get a proper recoil spring that soaks up more of the slide's energy.

Hmmmm... I guess that means I do care.

Grumpy, that's an interesting reference to the topic. Thanks. I ran a quick search on "how recoil spring affects timing" and got this back. Is that the one you read?

http://www.shootingtimes.com/gunsmithing/recoil-spring-rate-affects-timing/

Yes that's the article, had to go look to be sure.

 

[grumpyold]

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[john92awd]

Can anyone tell me if you can just install a buffer on a pistol that comes with a factory short plastic guide rod? Or does it require upgrading the guide rod? It's a sp-01 shadow

 

[Robot_Trainer]

They have none in stock. They are waiting for them to come in. Got an email from them shortly after posting this that have left CZ and should be in Canada shortly. I suspect we will be lucky to see them on their site by the end of next week by the time they clear customs.

Try CZ custom shop in the US. The biggest problem is delivery to canada. I bought an extra magazine for 38 dollars US. USPS shipping was close to 40.00. Normally I would send this to my US mailbox, but 38 dollars was hardly worth the time and gas to go their. It seems no one around here has any CZ parts in stock. Everything is back ordered including slide stops.