Has anybody tried a Harts Recoil Reducer in their G-19?

[montrose1911]

I read about this type of guide rod in Guns & Weapons for L.E. (May 2004-the perfect four guns). The author picked the G-19 as his favorite carry pistol and stated that he used a Harts Recoil Reducer. He states that it reduces felt recoil by 1/3. Not that the 9mm recoils that much anyway. Just want to know what you guys think about them. Thanks for the info!!!

[rljan]

Several years ago I bought a Haarts for my G23. It was a total waste of money. It turned my G23 into a jammomatic. A stainless or tungsten guide rod would make a lot more sense and cost less. FWIW, I can't imagine why anyone would need a recoil reducer for a 9mm.

[Guy Powell]

The best thing I've ever done for my G19 was to install a Harrts recoil rod/spring. Did that about 7 years/many thousand rounds ago and never any problems.
And...before someone else brings this up, the pistol does not NEED a recoil reducer. Just my personal preference. I went from a SIG 226 to the G19 and the only fault I could find with my Glock was the second/subsequent shot capability of the little pistol. Just not quite what the P226 was, but that's comparing apples to oranges. In other words, I wanted to do everything I could to help ME bring the Glock back on-line faster and the Harrts does help with that. Plus, I just prefer a metal guide rod. Recently got one for my Colt 380 and it helps that little pistol too.
Glocks are wonderful out of the box, but everyone has their own likes/dislikes.

[Nomad1500]

I had one in a G23 and couldn't tell any difference. I think recoil is highly subjective and whether or not the recoil reducer feels like it works reflects that.

Bryce

[R-C-H]

I have one in my G20. When shooting, I hardly notice a difference when shooting slowly- slow, aimed shots at the target. But when shooting double taps or rapid fire, I noticed that my 20 didn't rise up as much and came back on target quicker. Some of it may be my imagination, but I think the Harrts helps out a little bit.

[Dead Man's Hand]

Had one on my G32, total waste of money. No felt reduction in recoil and turned a utterly reliable pistol into a Jennings.

[TommyJ]

I asked a glock armorer at a gun show about the recoil reducers. He said it was a waste of money. If it needed one Glock would have installed one. TJ

[Jake-Gallows]

Originally posted by Tom Johnson
I asked a glock armorer at a gun show about the recoil reducers. He said it was a waste of money. If it needed one Glock would have installed one. TJ


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I had two friends (not my friends.. the were friends with eachother) show up for one of my concealed carry classes. both of them had G19 pistols, and both of them had the Recoil reducer on the pistols. They had nothing but problems out of the guns. When I asked them if they had done any modifications to the guns, both told me about the recoil reducer...we removed the reducers...problems solved

[AWMP]

I have tried it in three different pistols and made no difference in any of them.

[SunsetMan]

I put a Harts on my 2nd Gen .40 Glock 23 thirteen years ago or so. I just wanted to replace the plastic guide rod. If memory recalls the Harts was twice as much as a steel rod, but sounded neat and would break me financially so I got one.

I didn't really notice a reduction in recoil. I haven't had any problems with reliability.

I'd probably get a steel or tungston rod if I needed another one.