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Glock Gen 5 Takedown Spring (self.general)

submitted 1 day ago by pv2025 to c/general

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I have a large collection of small springs. What size spring will work as a Gen 5 takedown spring ?

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[–] Bunk 1 points 13 minutes ago

[–] Bunk 1 points 14 minutes ago

Glock spring on the LEFT Amazon Spring on the RIGHT

[–] Bunk 1 points 20 minutes ago

I tried some springs I was linked to on Amazon (forgot from where) and buyers mentioned they worked on Pews, so I bought them. Well they fit in ok, and I got the slide on ok, but holy shit it was a bear to get the slide off! These springs had a few too many coils and were slightly thicker wire than OEM springs, so they wouldn’t compress enough. I bought some Glock springs and they work MUCH better! I’ll pull some out and take a pic for you.

[–] senyarita 1 points 14 hours ago

I heard bic lighter springs work as well

[–] TheShittinator 4 points 1 day ago

Honestly? Anything that fits and pushes the takedown bar up. That takedown bar just needs to be in the way of a lug on the barrel during assembly; the spring has no other job than to ensure that.