Geoff,
Not sure if you’re still following the thread, but I partially agree.

There is a broad continuum of requirements, and a broad continuum of cartridges just like there’s a broad continuum of transportation needs and cars.

If you need a more powerful or more economic car, you don’t (unless you’re an expert customizer who can make all the necessary adjustments yourself) drop an F350 engine in your Civic, or a Geo Metro engine in the F350, and then fiddlefuk each part until it stops breaking down. You buy the class of car where every part is designed from the beginning to work together to serve your needs.

Same here: if 9×19 recoil is excessive (a perfectly logical observation / need in your circumstances), get a good locked-breech .380 (not a blowback .380, which will kick worse than the 9). Security .380, Bodyguard 2.0, Shield EZ, 1911-.380, etc.

“Switch to a revolver if you want something you can downshift.”

I think you’re missing the POINT, Dad.

Folks choose low recoil because full-house loads fvcking HURT to shoot.

How about being a bit more considerate towards those of us who are old (Arthritis) and-or damaged bodies (my crushed hand) don’t work quite as well as yours?

Wolff, thanks!

As to the valid issues you list, I suppose Wolff could work in concert with makers like Glock and Colt or Smith or even CZ to develop combos that work with loads like HST Low Recoil…

They already do. Wolff springs already makes, for instance, a wide range of recoil spring weights for an extensive lost of handguns. In fact they offer “tuning kits” with a range of spring rates so you can get it done in a single range trip.

Problem is … From a practical standpoint of marketing a spring specifically for “low recoil” loads, what’s “low” mean? The gun is – unless you are getting it custom built – going to come with a spring set (not just the recoil spring, it all has to work together) intended to work reliably with the most common loads. Move away from those loads and you will need to experiment. Or pay a good gunsmith to figure it out for you and respring accordingly.

Having done so, you will find that going back to regular loads is less than fun, will tend to beat up the gun faster, and can also lead to malfunctions because the slide’s moving too fast for the next round to be properly presented. So I can imagine the complaints a company marketing a spring specifically for “low recoil” would wind up dealing with.

https://www.ammoland.com/2025/06/armed-fugitive-shot-dead-after-gunfight-spree-in-muskegon-heights-homeowner-police-step-in/

https://www.ammoland.com/2025/06/gun-lobby-welcomes-sen-joni-ernsts-firearm-act-safe-harbor-for-ffls/

https://www.ammoland.com/2025/06/loot-canal-u-s-taxpayers-funded-bizarre-dental-gun-violence-research/

I am stealing that Boch-ism, thank you very much!

This sucks nearly as bad as ttag. My comment vanished without any reason. I’ve quit ttag after more than 10 years. I will do the same here if it doesn’t improve.