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#1
04-03-2013, 11:13 PM
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Shok Buff
Hi All,
When I bought this CBOB from another person, unfired, I noticed there's a Wilson Shok Buff on the guide rod. Pic below. Is this standard from Dan Wesson or an aftermarket that was added on by the owner? Do you recommend keeping it on for this Commander sized 1911? 
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#2
04-03-2013, 11:15 PM
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Congratulations. Nice pistol. I have read pros and cons on Shok Bufs, but have no experience with, or opinion on, them.
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Joe O'Rourke Joseph C. O'Rourke, Major, USAR (Retired) COTEP # CBOB0480 NRA Member :stand:
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#4
04-03-2013, 11:26 PM
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I've got a message to the owner to see if he installed it or if it came from DW that way...still interested in f/b from folks here on using a Shok Buff.
My inclination is to not use it since it'll be for daily carry/defensive use, and don't like the idea of that plastic possible breaking off a piece and jamming up the innerds.
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#5
04-03-2013, 11:27 PM
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I've never heard of DW using shock buffs. I don't see any issue with it if the gun functions and the slide locks back normal. I put one in my limited edition RZ cause I baby it but I have never used them in anything else. Personally I wouldn't put one in a gun I was going to carry because as I understand it's purpose is not to improve function it's to keep the frame from getting battered.
Last edited by BadOscar; 04-03-2013 at 11:31 PM.
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#6
04-03-2013, 11:40 PM
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What he said!
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canis fidelis cave canem, vereor non magnus nocens lupus In hoc signo vinces If you can list them, you ain't got enough!!! Life Member NRA, SCI, ATA, NSCA COTEP 414
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#7
04-04-2013, 12:07 AM
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Well, I've repaired three 1911s that jammed because they disintegrated from use, two were WCs and one was a motor-oil colored generic. Personally, I don't use them as they take up space that keeps your recoil spring from moving the slide back that much. In a properly sprung and operating 1911 the frame and slide never meet anyway so, I have no idea what they're protecting from battering.
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Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas COTEP#CBOB0428 NRA,GCA,OGCA, USAF,Msgt.(Ret.)
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#8
04-04-2013, 01:02 AM
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1911 Pistols can be additive!  COTEP CBOB0586 No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms. Thomas Jefferson “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” Thomas Jefferson 
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#9
04-04-2013, 01:14 AM
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My CQB came with a shok buff (WC makes and sales them!); they work fine in the full size 1911s; I replace them every 500 rounds or so when I see a deep indent (no need; just a habit!). Don't use them in your commander size, Jubz!
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COTEP 0668 - DWs: CB, CC, G, H, V, VB-b & VB-s I miss Reagan and the 80s'!
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