A couple of years ago I purchased a surplus Star BM with the soul purpose of refinishing the gun. Very, very pleased with the outcome. However, there are times the slide does not go all the back into battery. The fired round is ejecting, not stove piping. Just sometimes it is not totally loading the new round. A quick tug on the slide and it goes into battery. I have eliminated, in my mind, that it is not a magazine issue. Six different mags. Two Star mags with new Wolff springs, two oem Star mags with original springs and two converted ProMags for a Sig.
I put in a new Wolff 12# recoil spring during the refurbishing of the gun. Did not have the issue before the refurbishing, but only fired one or two mags before the teardown.
Wolff has 14# and 16# springs available for this pistol. My thinking is to step up to the 14# spring and see what happens. No intention of this being a carry gun, but I do want it to be 100% reliable.
Am I on the right track?
Larry
I put in a new Wolff 12# recoil spring during the refurbishing of the gun. Did not have the issue before the refurbishing, but only fired one or two mags before the teardown.
Wolff has 14# and 16# springs available for this pistol. My thinking is to step up to the 14# spring and see what happens. No intention of this being a carry gun, but I do want it to be 100% reliable.
Am I on the right track?
Larry