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I installed a solid guide rod and a Clark bushing set-up in a p-12 (officers) slide and although it seems to function , the more I read the more I wonder. The guide rod bushing set-up does not let the slide travel as far rearward during recoil as the factory set-up. Factory, the breach face travels +/- 1/8'' past disconnector and with Clark set-up the breach face barely clears the disconnector. Of course my question is should I be concerned with less travel and is there a certain amount of travel a slide should have during recoil?
edited: double checked, and distance difference not as far as thought, but still difference of thicker guide rod flange and flange on Clark bushing, so question remains same.
edited: double checked, and distance difference not as far as thought, but still difference of thicker guide rod flange and flange on Clark bushing, so question remains same.