Stainless Steel Guide Rod for Glock

Selecting a Glock Guide Rod Spring

What is a good spring weight for a Glock 19 is a very good question. Not only is spring weight an important part of making the proper of choice of guide rod, a high quality upgrade will help make your Glock more accurate and repeatable. Bottom line is a stainless steel guide rod for a Glock provides an upgrade in performance. The decision regarding choosing the spring weight might seem challenging with all the information on the internet. Best and simplest method is to start out with a factory spring weight. Look, if it shoots fine and you are happy with how it cycles then don't change it. 

When you use a can or even a highly modified slide its hard to know what is going to be needed. Again, its best to shoot and test different spring weights until it works for you. Keep in mind a lower spring weight will create issues with the barrel locking up so you will have a spread out group. Same goes for the different powder loads and bullet weight, just take some notes at the range on how it performs with this bullet and that load. Keep notes and be consistent with your testing and you will eventually find the "sweet spot". If you are running a stock Glock with factory loaded ammunition an 18 lb spring for the Glock 19. Selecting the best guide rod for a stock Glock 17 with factory rounds would be one with a 17 lb spring.