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Originally posted by lbj:
...kinda like the Wreck of the Hesperus.

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Originally posted by lbj:
Wreck of the Hesperus, the name Ulysses, some of these bucks around here probably have no idea what we're talking about.

And that's OK and maybe as it should be.

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Originally posted by lbj:
That was me in an email to you.

I was ordering parts from Sigarms errr Sig Sauer about 2 weeks ago.

Guy was very knowledgeable about the exact parts I wanted in order to update an early 90s P228 to a post 2002 P228 which included newer style grips, the new redesigned trigger bar spring plus the newer mainspring, mainspring seat and shorter trigger bar.

Since he seemed to know immediately what I would need, I mentioned that we here at Sigforum were wondering why there is no Sig recommendation for when to replace mainsprings.

He said that in the last 10 years or so and thousands of guns that Sig had had in for repair, less than 10 guns or something were in need of mainspring replacement.
He said it is so rare for the mainspring to fail that that is why there is no recommendation for replacement.

I cannot recall how the conservation came about regarding the 40K though but I think I was told some high round count guns up to 40K were still just fine.

Oh and using my new official armorer skills recently, the rebuild on my P228 went just great BTW and all the parts that Sig sent me were the correct ones in order to update this older P228 to the newer redesigned current models.

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Originally posted by psychephylax:
You do not need to change your mainspring. Just swap out the recoil spring and you're good to go.

Mainspring = hammer spring (and if you look above) it will last well over 40,000 rounds.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
As a further observation about rattlin' mags, I do know it's not always due to weak springs. I've experienced it with absolutely new specimens and had the problem disappear after some use.

In fact, my take on the problem is that new magazine tubes often have a lot of internal friction and that prevents the rounds from snugging down into their proper positions, thereby leaving one or two loose to move around. It seems to me I've had more rattling problems with phosphated mags and have had some luck by polishing their interiors to reduce the friction between cartridge and tube.

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Originally posted by psychephylax:
As you can tell by other posts, the spring will "settle" a bit with use. The center strand does come out a bit and is perfectly normal. It's recommended that the end that has the center strang coming out is put on the guide rod first.