How heavy of spring needed to prevent slide from opening?

arakboss · Mar 26, 2021

If I wanted to fire a +p 147gr load but have the G17 slide stay locked, how heavy a spring would it require? I wouldn't want fired case leaving the chamber until I pulled the slide back.

JustSomeGuy · Mar 26, 2021

It doesn't take much considering you can wrap your index finger and thumb around the slide and frame just forward of the trigger guard, give it a fair squeeze and the action will unlock but not travel far enough to extract the round. If I were in need of this solution, I'd just buy a few over powered spring and hit the range to see which one did what I needed done.

coop44 · Mar 26, 2021

Back during ww2 the clandestine agencies employed suppressed 22 autos with slides that locked. A modified slide and slide stop was used for this. Fairly easy to do. Just looked it up, high standard hd pistols.

Greenbug · Mar 26, 2021

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How about this?

arakboss · Mar 26, 2021

JustSomeGuy said:
It doesn't take much considering you can wrap your index finger and thumb around the slide and frame just forward of the trigger guard, give it a fair squeeze and the action will unlock but not travel far enough to extract the round. If I were in need of this solution, I'd just buy a few over powered spring and hit the range to see which one did what I needed done.

Sweet video. Thanks