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I have an early Interarms Walther PPK/S I took to the range for the first time last night. The recoil was BRUTAL, it felt like I was shooting .357 out of an LCP. 15 hours later the web of my hand is still bruised. When I was cleaning the gun afterward, I noticed the recoil spring was flat wound at both ends. This does not look like a Wolf replacement spring. Do you guys think it might be the original factory recoil spring? Once it got a little dirty it started to have some FTF issues, but only on the first round, when manually racking the slide. After that it cycled fine, although I noticed it threw some brass forward, which is unusual for a handgun. I am wondering if the recoil spring has become weak/tired. I had another blowback pistol (Makarov PM) a few years ago and I don't remember it being anywhere near this bad.
I really want to keep this gun, so any tips/advice you can give me are greatly appreciated.
I really want to keep this gun, so any tips/advice you can give me are greatly appreciated.