L1A1 Recoil Springs Question?

kar66 · June 26, 2011, 11:22

A few years ago I was building a spare lower for my L1A1. At the time inch parts were hard to find, metric were everywhere. Anyway at the time Tapco was still in the retail mail order business. They had metric and inch recoil springs. I ordered 2 sets of the inch ones. When I put it togeather they were so strong that it took both hands to cycle the bolt. When you fired it, the bolt wouldn't cycle. My question is can they be cut shorter and safetly used? Or should I just forget about them and get someother springs? If cutting is OK, how much? I wouldn't want to do it to many times. But I would like to salvage the new springs and use them at lest once.

June 26, 2011, 11:22	#1
kar66 Registered FALaholic #: 63420 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Missouri Posts: 31	L1A1 Recoil Springs Question? A few years ago I was building a spare lower for my L1A1. At the time inch parts were hard to find, metric were everywhere. Anyway at the time Tapco was still in the retail mail order business. They had metric and inch recoil springs. I ordered 2 sets of the inch ones. When I put it togeather they were so strong that it took both hands to cycle the bolt. When you fired it, the bolt wouldn't cycle. My question is can they be cut shorter and safetly used? Or should I just forget about them and get someother springs? If cutting is OK, how much? I wouldn't want to do it to many times. But I would like to salvage the new springs and use them at lest once.

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