Series 80 firing pin plunger spring - Wolff vs. stock... WTF???

[The Habit]

I detail stripped my Taurus PT1911SS a couple of weeks ago and managed to lose the firing pin plunger spring. So, I ordered a replacement Wolff spring from Midway. I installed it after work today and the trigger pull went to about 20lbs. I couldn't figure out WTF was going on. I stripped the slide again to make sure everything was installed correctly and as soon as I had the slide apart, my cat jumped onto my desk and knocked the spring off the desk onto the floor.

By total chance, while I was on my hands and knees scouring for the Wolff spring, I found the stock spring. I installed the stock spring and the trigger pull went back to a nice, light, crisp pull.

So, my question is: did I order the correct replacement spring? All of my other 1911s are Series 70 so I don't have anything to use as a comparison. The two springs couldn't be more different. Here is a pic of the two. Wolff on the left, stock on the right.

http://members.cox.net/the_habit/springs.jpg

And, here's the package from the Wolff spring:

http://members.cox.net/the_habit/wolff.jpg

Thoughts?

[Jim Watson]

Maybe the plungers or the plunger holes are different from Colt to Taurus.

[Black_Talon]

Maybe the plungers or the plunger holes are different from Colt to Taurus.

I dunno. The "stock spring" in the above pic looks identical in length as an actual Colt Series 80 plunger spring. I tend to think that Wolf is going a bit overboard in making "extra power" springs for everything in the gun, whether they're needed or not.

[Substance-P]

:popcorn:
That's a pretty crazy difference...I'm looking forward to seeing if anyone knows why there is such disparity there.

[Jim Watson]

I dunno. The "stock spring" in the above pic looks identical in length as an actual Colt Series 80 plunger spring. I tend to think that Wolf is going a bit overboard in making "extra power" springs for everything in the gun, whether they're needed or not.

That being the case, you could clip the Wolff spring in half and have a spare.