Where to buy compression spring?

[kullwarrior]

Just wondering is there a local hardware store that carries compression spring? I'm talking 1cm in diameter type. Currently my GBB pistol came with has a really weak recoil spring and there's no aftermarket. I'm unsure on how to measure tension and how is needed.

[Thenooblord]

what specific pistol are you talking? some springs can be mixed and matched

[Styrak]

Do you mean recoil springs? Any airsoft parts retailer will have pistol recoil springs.
What pistol?

[kullwarrior]

Ksc sp2022
It it's not a wire made into string...kinda odd. I'll take a pic





Outer Diameter: 10mm+/- 1mm

[TokyoSeven]

Originally Posted by kullwarrior

Just wondering is there a local hardware store that carries compression spring? I'm talking 1cm in diameter type. Currently my GBB pistol came with has a really weak recoil spring and there's no aftermarket. I'm unsure on how to measure tension and how is needed.

If you wish to measure the tension on a spring you could use a spring tension calibrator, however if you are testing a small spring you could just end up wrecking the spring. You can source a tension calibrator online or at some hardware stores.

If no existing aftermarket spring currently exists for your model something from another model maybe a sufficient replacement.

[Forever_kaos]

Could you possibly find a spring that could be cut down to size to fit?

Might be worth a shot.

[kullwarrior]

The thing is right now, I don't know what tension it is. I'm tempting right now to order a SP2022 recoil spring for actual sig and cut it down. But buying custom spring might be easier.

[TokyoSeven]

Its a shot in the dark but do you perhaps have another GBB from where you could take the recoil spring and see if it fit and functioned?

[Thenooblord]

please measure the ID and OD of the spring, i can tell if there are other springs that will work, right now I have a G17, a hicappa 5.1 and a sig 226 that are all using the exact same springs flawlessley, so maybe this gun will work with hicappa springs too xD

[kullwarrior]

Inner Diameter: 8mm
Outer Diameter:11mm

Pretty sure it will work if its inner diameter is like 10mm.

[Thenooblord]

hicappa spring will work, ID 9mm

[kullwarrior]

Originally Posted by Thenooblord

hicappa spring will work, ID 9mm

Outer diameter? The way it sits its restricted by its outer diameter

[Thenooblord]

10mm, sliglty thicker depending on the spring you get, but should not be an issue

[Styrak]

Hurricane upgrade set:

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