The recoil rod back plate failed on my New Agent some years back and i shelved the pistol. I found this replacement. Drop in replacement as promised. the EGW recoil rod back plate (recoil plate?) is at least twice as thick as the colt original. the EGW spring is a single spring vs Colt original double spring set up. the EGW bushing is cut to closer match the barrel & close up the gap between upper and lower reciever. Have not put rounds through this yet. but dry fire functions check and cycle seems comparable to original. also no rubbing (so far) of the EGW bushing. I will update if there are problems. 28Aug2024

Best guide rod kit for sa emp 3 inches. Turn that gun from unuseable to a reliable carry gun. Could not be happier. Highly recommended.

Great product and fast shipping

It's a quality part but unfortunately, it did not solve my problem of shell casings coming back very hard-and-fast into my face. Next is to more drastically reshape the ejector.

Very nice and easy to install.

In the past all of my EgW rods have been flawless I believe one time I had a spring to heavy and the slide would not full return to battery. But generally these kits are great and really add strength to the gun!

Nice fit. Gives the firearm a solid feel.

Purchased to replace the stock Kimber system in my 3" Ultra Raptor in .45 since I carry +P loads & occasionally & wanted less wear & tear on the gun from the stock 18lb spring system. The 22lb spring that comes with the EGW system (only weight available) sounded a little high to me & sure enough, I had about a 20% failure rate of the slide to fully cycle & pick up the next round of the box of 20 of my Barnes 185 grn +P carry rounds. I'm trying to obtain 20 flatwire springs from ISMI. I also find the takedown hole in the recoil rod unnecessarily too far back in the rod which makes disassembly more difficult, as well as the takedown 'rod' included with the system being very thin & flimsy. It continued to try to roll out of position out of one side of the recoil rod while attempting to orient the tool correctly. I cut the short end on one of my extra allen keys, which is much more stout, to match the dimensions of the tool provided by EGW. I'll stick with using the system since the spring is a single one making it much easier to change out in the coming years than the stock Kimber system, but if I were EGW I'd lower the spring rate below 22lbs & drill the takedown tool hole in the rod farther towards the muzzle end to make disassembly easier & beef up the quality of the takedown tool/rod.