Any functional advantage to Galloway Guide Rods?

I have an SR9c. It will probably serve it's life as a combination house / range gun, not CC. Not really impressed with the factory plastic guide rod but no functional issues with it. Is there any functional change / improvement to replacing it with the Galloway stainless version? Would add a little weight to the barrel end I suppose. I get the impression that this is a "feel good" accessory but would go for it if there is some benefit.

Same goes I guess for the Galloway polished striker indicator. I can see that there should be some benefit to that as it is not plastic-on-plastic and might give smoother trigger pull.

Any comments pro-con welcomed!! Thanks all.
Pete

I put both of those in my SR9c and SR40c.

The factory guide rod actually has a metal center piece, it's only plastic on the outside. If you stay with the stock weight then the guide rod change is mostly cosmetic like you stated. I stuck with 16lb for the 9, and put a slightly heavier (18lb) spring in the 40. My 9 is the stainless model, and the matching visible end does look pretty sharp.

The stainless striker indicator is much easier to see. I didn't notice a change in the trigger pull.

It has the advantage of being able to change spring weight if needed. I purchased the 20lb spring. No problem with any ammo I tried. It is noticably harder to rack and would probably be a problem for my wife if it were her gun.

schnoov said:

I put both of those in my SR9c and SR40c.

The factory guide rod actually has a metal center piece, it's only plastic on the outside. If you stay with the stock weight then the guide rod change is mostly cosmetic like you stated. I stuck with 16lb for the 9, and put a slightly heavier (18lb) spring in the 40. My 9 is the stainless model, and the matching visible end does look pretty sharp.

The stainless striker indicator is much easier to see. I didn't notice a change in the trigger pull.

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It seems Ruger is using lighter springs in it's current models. The information I found in August of 2012 was SR9 factory spring is 18lb, SR40 factory spring is 22lb. I do believe my SR40 has a 22lb spring, it's a real bear to rack. But now that I'm used to it, I'll just keep it that way.