Hi,
Having a lathe,I turned a SS full length guide rod and it works and looks fine. one thing I noticed though is that the dia. of the rod does not match the hole size for the hole in the recoil spring housing(part# 63) Are the after market rods the dia. of the original plastic rods or are they a little larger to match the hole in the spring housing??? Any info or ideas on this would be appreciated! Thanks!