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1911 Repairs
« on: August 13, 2014, 06:07:17 PM »
Was out shooting with a newbie friend from work about two weeks ago and my Sig 1911 started acting up. When I got home I was poking around and the hook on the extractor fell off.

So...ordered some parts. The other day was my first full disassembly of my 1911. It's an external extractor. I replaced it easily and thankfully the pin went back in with no problem and held(didn't order a new pin).
Then the grip safety was a little flopsy so I took all the fire control out, sprung the seer spring a little and got all that cleaned up and working well. The gun has a bit over 5K rounds through it but I was really surprised at how much gooey crap was all up in the parts that the manual tells you not to disassemble.

I love oily, little metal parts
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Re: 1911 Repairs
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2014, 06:23:23 PM »
Always fun to tear apart things, put 'em back together and make it work again, ain't it?
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Re: 1911 Repairs
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2014, 07:13:34 PM »
Any parts left over after u put it back together?  LOL

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Re: 1911 Repairs
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2014, 07:51:43 PM »
Lots of fun and no extra parts. I was also surprised at how I was overthinking what all was in there. When I got it back together it was surprising how simple it was. I guess that's partly the beauty of John Moses' design.
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Re: 1911 Repairs
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2014, 08:12:37 PM »
Been a while since I've taken a 1911 down to the bare frame.
Inside mine is probably gunked up too.

I bought a spare from EGW years ago, luckily I haven't needed it yet.
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Re: 1911 Repairs
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2014, 10:13:23 PM »
Quote from: ellis4538 on August 13, 2014, 07:13:34 PM
Any parts left over after u put it back together?  LOL

Richard

The more parts left over the better you are  ;D

I once put a small block chevy back together and added a piston, two rods, six lifters, and three valve springs to the spare parts bin.  All that, and the engine had more power then ever  ;)
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Re: 1911 Repairs
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2014, 11:24:05 PM »
1911's are a cakewalk.


Now, the first time I took my Glock apart ......... ;D
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Re: 1911 Repairs
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2014, 06:18:31 AM »
Quote from: m58 on August 13, 2014, 10:13:23 PM
The more parts left over the better you are  ;D

I once put a small block chevy back together and added a piston, two rods, six lifters, and three valve springs to the spare parts bin.  All that, and the engine had more power then ever  ;)

Had a similar experience with a '68 Harley Sprint I was given when I was about 14-15 years old.

A box of junk, a rolling chassis, disassembled motor and trans and no manual.....  Ran great!
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