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dahermit · March 8, 2013, 09:35 AM

I have to admit that a Full Length Guide Rod is an ingenious solution to a non-existent problem. Never heard of a problem with the standard short Guide Rod, so why fix it? I suspect that the FLGR was intended to prevent the recoil spring from kinking and slowing the cycling of the gun. The point that the short/standard rod/recoil spring never had that problem in the first place, was obviously over-looked.

March 8, 2013, 09:35 AM	#37
dahermit Senior Member Join Date: October 28, 2006 Location: South Central Michigan...near Posts: 6,501	I have to admit that a Full Length Guide Rod is an ingenious solution to a non-existent problem. Never heard of a problem with the standard short Guide Rod, so why fix it? I suspect that the FLGR was intended to prevent the recoil spring from kinking and slowing the cycling of the gun. The point that the short/standard rod/recoil spring never had that problem in the first place, was obviously over-looked. Last edited by dahermit; March 8, 2013 at 01:32 PM.