Which recoil springs for Clark longslides

[Knifenix]

Recently purchased a set of clark 1911 longslides manufactured in mid 80's.what recoil spring should I use in the 38 special shooting bullseye loads.Also which recoil spring for the 45acp shooting bullseye loads?

[chukeeee]

Maybe call Clark and ask?

[Knifenix]

Sounds like a darn good idea!

[jglenn]

I'd start with a std 5" spring( wolff or ISMI) of 10 or 11lbs.

Wofford makes a long spring for the 6" pistols that you can cut to length. Thin wire.

What did Clark use in the 70 and 80s ??.simply a cut down stock spring

[cmysix]

Wolf makes a five spring set with instructions on how to pick the right one, I have a 6 inch Clark Built by Jim Clark senior, in 1974, trying to call clark and get any info from them is useless, all they want is the gun back and a 2-3000 rebuild.

[jglenn]

Well ihave a clark long heavy slide In made in 82. It has a slightly cut.down std.16 lb spring..straight from clark

[Knifenix]

Thanks for all the info. Much appreciated.