Help about a mk 40 recoil spring question.

[target plinker]

Maybe I have a old Mk 40 stainless. I just took it apart, and the recoil spring is not captive. I had a heck of a time putting the inner spring in the outer one which sits in a " metal tube", and putting it back.

I looked at a disassembly video, and that Mk 40 looked like it had a captive recoil assembly like on a Glock and other models.

Is it possible to upgrade my spring system to put in some kind of captive assembly?
thank you for any assistance!

[zamboni]

The MK recoil spring assemblies are captive. If yours is not I would guess that is a problem. I think they are about $15 from kahr's website.

[kerby9mm]

The serial# on my mk40 is HA39XX and I bought it new about 18 months ago. Its recoil assembly is captive. Someone might have changed your out to non captive. I would just order a new one as stated previously.