Hi Folks,
For years I've read about recoil buffers, and could never understand what they actually accomplished. When I ordered some new springs recently I decided to go ahead and spend $5 on Wilson buffers to see for myself. The advertising blurb says "prevents the slide from battering the frame during recoil by sandwiching a ... buffer between the slide and frame contact areas." But the instructions say to put the buffer on the recoil spring guide and then install the spring. So, it does not go between the slide and frame, and appears to do nothing at all, except perhaps to slightly compress the spring.
I knew all this, and I'm sure you did too, before I spent my hard-earned $5, but I wanted to see if I was missing something. To my view, shock buffers appear to be snake oil. Am I, in fact, missing something?
Thanks, Tom