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Posted: 11/10/2020 6:21:00 PM EDT
| Extra power vs standard Wolff for replacement? Figured I’d ask the experts. |
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Unless you have an defective AK that has an issue that can be corrected with a stronger spring, use a standard weight. People insist on installing stronger springs in military designed weapons "Just because", and so they can make it "work better". Like all military weapons the AK was carefully engineered to use a very specific spring and installing something else often makes problems where there were none. So, unless you have a very specific defect in your AK that can be worked around by using a different spring, use a factory weight spring. That's what Klashnikov spent all those years of development deciding it needed to have. |
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Originally Posted By dfariswheel: Unless you have an defective AK that has an issue that can be corrected with a stronger spring, use a standard weight. People insist on installing stronger springs in military designed weapons "Just because", and so they can make it "work better". Like all military weapons the AK was carefully engineered to use a very specific spring and installing something else often makes problems where there were none. So, unless you have a very specific defect in your AK that can be worked around by using a different spring, use a factory weight spring. That's what Klashnikov spent all those years of development deciding it needed to have. That’s what I thought just wanted to check. I’m assuming Wolff would be GTG as I’ve used there’s in the past in other guns? |
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Originally Posted By Gunnie357: That’s what I thought just wanted to check. I’m assuming Wolff would be GTG as I’ve used there’s in the past in other guns? Wolff and ALG are both good. If your gun is really over gassed the heavier springs can be nice. |
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Engineering means trade offs. Change the engineering and you sometimes get trade offs you didn't expect (unintended consequences). If you change the engineering of a balanced machine, you need to have a good reason. Springs are a great example in guns. AR: I wanted less felt recoil so I changed the buffer spring to a stiffer one and got a heavier buffer weight. The rifle wouldn't cycle. I kept fooling with it for months, changing springs and weights and asking everyone for help. Then I read an obscure post saying if you increase the buffer spring tension, you have to increase the mag spring tension. I got stiffer mag springs and it worked but it was a lot of time and trouble. |
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