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Just to confirm:

The Wolff recoil springs simply help mitigate recoil? It says the stock lbs is 18, so a higher test will reduce felt recoil?

Also, the "fixes" tab on the front page mentioned changing out the "main spring". Is this the same as the hammer spring being sold on Wolff's website?

Lastly, are there any other springs lighter than 17 lbs? I'd prefer a pull similar to my Sig P230's 10 lb-ish.

Thanks!

Hey welcome to the forum.

I have the 22 lb recoil spring and it still feels snappy.
Sme members have posted that they don't notice a difference in recoil from the stock spring.

Yes hammer/main spring is the other spring to change.

heykalish wrote:The Wolff recoil springs simply help mitigate recoil?

No. They are also sold to replace worn out recoil springs. Being a blow-back operated pistol, the springs will wear out as they are the only mechanism absorbing the recoil. With these guns being surplus, you never know what you will get. In the case you were to get a well used P-64 you might want to replace worn springs. You will feel a difference in recoil after replacing a worn spring. Also continued use with a worn out spring can slowly start to wear on the rest of the pistol, and cause other problems.

They sell the stock 18lb springs for people to replace these worn spring but want to keep the gun in it's original specs. I have tried both the 18lb and 22lb spring and prefer the 22lb. Some people say they don't notice a difference, the recoil is still snappy. But I do notice a difference in how quickly the webbed area of my hand gets sore.

heykalish wrote:Lastly, are there any other springs lighter than 17 lbs? I'd prefer a pull similar to my Sig P230's 10 lb-ish.

Some people have actually reported that the 17lb hammer spring was to light in their P-64s. If to light the hammer won't have enough force to set off the primer. It just depends on the gun. Also the lighter you go the lighter the single action will be. If to light the single action pull would be an un-safe hair trigger. The best bet is to get the multi-pack.