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8/21/2013 12:34:24 PM EDT
Does a steel guide rod really make a difference in accuracy, or is it just me?
8/21/2013 1:11:11 PM EDT
[#1]
Might just be you.They're handy for changing springs/spring rates though.
8/21/2013 3:00:18 PM EDT
[#2]
Why would it? It's entire purpose is to keep the recoil spring from wadding up, nothing else.

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8/21/2013 5:12:12 PM EDT
[#3]
it makes the front of the gun a little heavier.

i run one in my OD17 and 22, and in my 24.  im planning on getting one for my 21SF next.  i like them.

so far, i prefer the ones that have a washer at both ends and completely capture the spring.  the ones i that are in the OD17/22, i originally bought for use in my G24.  due to the nature of the design of the G24 and where the spring sits, the front of the guiderod on the non-dual-washer version kept getting caught up in the action on the G24.  (the spring would work thru the 3/4 circle/cutout  the guiderod sits on on the G24, whereas on other non-extended slide models the guiderod sits in a full circle at the end of the slide)

the other guiderod with the twin washers corrected this problem on the G24.  going forward, this is the only type ill buy.
8/21/2013 10:42:02 PM EDT
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Why would it? It's entire purpose is to keep the recoil spring from wadding up, nothing else.

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Yep.

I'd put money behind the fact that you wouldn't be able to tell a stock rod and a steel rod apart in a blind test.