Ok so I am new to Glocks and I am looking at buying a Glock 22 Gen 3 and I am wondering can you put a Gen 4 guide rod and spring in a Gen 3 or would you suggest keeping the Gen 3 guide rod and spring and just upgrading it to a stainless one or a titanium one, and if you would keep the Gen 3 one why would you keep it?
Glock gen 3 guide rod
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Percussion,
Why would you put a "Gen 3" (Glock never officially recognised Gen's until the Gen4 came out) in a Gen4? The Gen4 was designed to cure the problems with the Glock 22 and 23 guns with lights, so putting an earlier Recoil Spring Assembly in a Gen4 doesn't make any sense.
Savage78,
Why not just use the original Recoil Spring Assembly that comes with the gun? What are you attempting to "fix"?
Regards.
Mark
Why would you put a "Gen 3" (Glock never officially recognised Gen's until the Gen4 came out) in a Gen4? The Gen4 was designed to cure the problems with the Glock 22 and 23 guns with lights, so putting an earlier Recoil Spring Assembly in a Gen4 doesn't make any sense.
Savage78,
Why not just use the original Recoil Spring Assembly that comes with the gun? What are you attempting to "fix"?
Regards.
Mark
Yes the didn't start calling the Gen's until Gen 4 but there have been a total of 4 Generations of Glocks I will be buying a generation 3 so everyone calls then Gen3's and I am not putting a recoil spring from a Gen 3 into a Gen 4 which you can do with a conversion kit I was wondering if you could put a Gen 4 recoil spring into a Gen 3 but you can't. So what is your Point to all of this.
If you read my last reply carefully, the bit about putting an earlier RSA into a Gen4 was a direct response to Percussion's post, and my "Point" was to answer your question as to whether you could put a Gen4 RSA into a non Gen4.
You stated that you were going to replace the original RSA with a titanium one, and I enquired what your reasons were for doing so. Given that your knowledge of Glocks (based on your original question) is somewhat lacking, I was wondering what information you were basing your decision on.
This is precisely why I generally avoid posting here. As far as I am concerned, you can do whatever you want, It's your gun, and your money, so drive on. I'm done here.
Regards.
Mark
You stated that you were going to replace the original RSA with a titanium one, and I enquired what your reasons were for doing so. Given that your knowledge of Glocks (based on your original question) is somewhat lacking, I was wondering what information you were basing your decision on.
This is precisely why I generally avoid posting here. As far as I am concerned, you can do whatever you want, It's your gun, and your money, so drive on. I'm done here.
Regards.
Mark
With a titanium RSA you will reduce the muzzle jump significantly so you can get back on target faster and have a lot better accuracy then with the factory plastic one and I don't have a lack of knowledge on Glocks I just didn't know that you couldn't put a Gen 4 RSA on a Gen 3 because I know you can put a Gen 3 on a Gen 4 with a conversion kit.
Save your money, you don't need it. The RSA that came with your Gen 3 will work just fine. How does a titanium guide rod reduce recoil? It's a super strong and super light weight metal. The titanium guide rod is probably lighter than the original plastic one. I think you are mistaking it for a tungsten carbide guide rod.
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sorry it is not titanium i just looked where i learned this and it it tungsten guide rod not a titanium guide rod my bad I guess I should remember what I am trying to write about lol. The tungsten is heavier then the plastic one so with a heavier guide rod it helps lower the muzzle jump. Here is where I was reading up on this watch this video. http://www.glockstore.com/custom-parts-amp-accessories/heavy-tungsten-guide-rod
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ty guide rods has no use in a glock pistol.
i think you confuse tungsten GR's with TY .
TGR add some weight to the front of the gun,but in some case are brittle,then lasts a little less depending of the load used.
however, i use them in my ipsc guns for the small advantage it provides as for the balance front-rear of the gun.
but a tungsten GR alone doesn't make a very noticeable difference.
it's the sum of many details who really make a palpable difference: TGR,brass basepads, brass magwell, and a lighter trigger pull weight MAY help at getting the sights back on target and reduce muzzle flip.
i think you confuse tungsten GR's with TY .
TGR add some weight to the front of the gun,but in some case are brittle,then lasts a little less depending of the load used.
however, i use them in my ipsc guns for the small advantage it provides as for the balance front-rear of the gun.
but a tungsten GR alone doesn't make a very noticeable difference.
it's the sum of many details who really make a palpable difference: TGR,brass basepads, brass magwell, and a lighter trigger pull weight MAY help at getting the sights back on target and reduce muzzle flip.
Shoot the gun before changing anything - put 1,000 rounds through it. There is nothing that you can put on a Gen 3 Glock that will make it more reliable. Recoil management is not an equipment issue, it's a training issue. There is nothing wrong with an out of the box Glock except the sights, and the biggest issue they have is durability.
