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It appears the spring was not seated at one time. I make a point to "screw" the outer spring into the slide. this helps ensure the closed coil is firm agaisnt the bottom of the tappered hole and clears interweaving of the inner coils.
If the springs were seated every time, then the available space at full recoil is less than the solid lenght of the springs. I also verify my slide makes contact with the front of the frame every time I reassemble. when checking, you can use enough force to jump a coil, but I can feel that when it happens.
once springs take a set from jumping a coil like yours, it becomes importaint to reinstall the kink the same way it was formed, since the kink will require more radial clearance when it is compressed and it will need be in the place where it found it origianlly.
It appears the spring was not seated at one time. I make a point to "screw" the outer spring into the slide. this helps ensure the closed coil is firm agaisnt the bottom of the tappered hole and clears interweaving of the inner coils.
If the springs were seated every time, then the available space at full recoil is less than the solid lenght of the springs. I also verify my slide makes contact with the front of the frame every time I reassemble. when checking, you can use enough force to jump a coil, but I can feel that when it happens.
once springs take a set from jumping a coil like yours, it becomes importaint to reinstall the kink the same way it was formed, since the kink will require more radial clearance when it is compressed and it will need be in the place where it found it origianlly.