On Apr 27, 5:21*pm, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:51:10 -0700 (PDT), "Denis G."









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On Apr 27, 4:17*pm, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:32:35 -0700 (PDT), "Denis G."

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On Apr 27, 2:28*pm, " wrote:
On Apr 27, 1:15*pm, "Denis G." wrote:

Thanks, that was interesting. *I'd never heard of "rocket wire" either.

I spent a little time trying to find out exactly what rocket wire
is.. *Was pretty much unsuccessful other than finding info on the TOW
missile.

Dan

Dan, this is the best that I could find:
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=45248

The recoil spring in my 1911..is composed of multi strands of wire.

Both are in fact.

They look like springs made from multistrand wire cable.

Gunner

Do you know if it's necessary to keep them oiled? *I wonder if there's
friction between the strands.

Ive always given them a bit of TriFlow. They havent seemed to have
lost any tension over the past 20+ yrs. *I should pull em one of these
days and check em. *They are supposed to be 18lb springs

Gunner

Don't have a lot of experience with guns, but I understand that the
1911 has a pretty good reputation. I know that engineers look for
simplicity in design, but this spring must be an exception to the KISS
principle.