Glock Guide rods.

[Stan R]

Is there any advantage in changing the Glock standard plastic guide rod and spring to a stainless or tungsten.

Thanks

[Cawnlu]

What model do you have? How old is it? The composite recoil spring assembly will break eventually, but I'm not generally a fan of aftermarket Glock parts.

[basskicker24]

Stick with Stock

[Cawnlu]

Stick with Stock

Totally agree. However, if you have a lot of rounds through an older gun, spend the $10 and order a new Glock brand recoil spring assembly. When the spring gets weak the gun will still function fine, but it will start pounding your locking block and trigger pins. It will bend, and eventually break, one or both pins.

[Stan R]

19 gen4 19 gen5 26 gen 4 and 43

[Cawnlu]

19 gen4 19 gen5 26 gen 4 and 43

I would stick with stock until they have a lot of age/rounds through them. Then replace with the same Glock spring. Stock is best, especially if they are for defense. Glock has its detractors, but their design is about as good as it gets for dependability.

[Gummi Bear]

I replaced with stock weight spring, stainless rod.

My factory rod was broken, but not yet come apart.

Several thousand rounds with no issues. Factory rod lasted nearly 10,000 rounds



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[H-D]

If your Glock doubles as a competition gun, an uncaptured tungsten rod is the shiz. Quickly change springs to whatever load you are using and the extra weight keeps muzzle rise to a minimum for follow up shots.
I changed a lot of my guide rods to at least stainless just because I like to put different weight springs in mine. For example in my G20 I put a stainless rod, but went with a 22lb spring to tame the hot 10mm loads as the factory 17lb wasn't cutting it.

[Kodiakk]

Tungsten is supposed to cut down on muzzle rise.

[Cawnlu]

If your Glock doubles as a competition gun, an uncaptured tungsten rod is the shiz. Quickly change springs to whatever load you are using and the extra weight keeps muzzle rise to a minimum for follow up shots.
I changed a lot of my guide rods to at least stainless just because I like to put different weight springs in mine. For example in my G20 I put a stainless rod, but went with a 22lb spring to tame the hot 10mm loads as the factory 17lb wasn't cutting it.

Yeah, competition shooting is a different animal. I can understand tweaking a few things. It is for defense shooting that I would not recommend making changes.

[keatonskidmore]

Yeah the reason for stainless or tungsten guide rods is to add weight to the frame up front to reduce muzzle rise. And like mentioned above when you don't use the bolt and washer you can have an un-captured guide rod to quickly change spring weights. For competition use most guys pick a weight and leave it. Lighter spring will give you less muzzle rise. In my USPSA carry optics G17 I run a 13 pound spring vs the factory 17 pound spring. Sounds like it would opposite but less resistant force makes it cycle faster and not push up on the gun. But that is not good for running hot loads without a comp.
A lot of factory Glock parts are best but in terms of the guide rod, it is not.

[Stan R]

Stock rod it is.