Good evening all. I just picked up a older 229(circa 2008) and when I disassebled it to clean and replace springs I noticed it has a metal guide rod. Was this factory for that time or is it some aftermarket. I was eventually going to get a Gray Guns Fat guide rod. Thanks
Other things:
I was going to replace the main spring. It has the newer short style, is there a Sig Factory spring available or should I just go with a Wolff one? Same for the firing pin spring.
Planning in adding the Short Reach trigger and the SRT at some point as well.
It does not look like any factory rods I have ever seen. Solid rods have been factory original at times, but the front ends do not have any sort of indentation. If the rod is drilled through (can't tell from the photo), that would not be typical of factory rods either.
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Older P229’s have a hollow steel guide rod, at least all I have owned. That looks a little like the Bedair Guide Rods but the Bedairs I have don’t have a hole.
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