guide rod and accuracy | Springfield XD Forum
2011-8-18 · 10,955 Posts. #2 · Aug 16, 2011. Guide rod function is only to guide and contain a spring that returns the slide back into battery and retards the rearward movement at difefrent speeds. By changing this spring/rod combo, you can change the recoil impulse of the gun and that in turn can be interpreted differently for each person.
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