Ok, had some light primer strikes last night at FNS, did some diagnosis with help from my group-mates, and this morning performed the mainspring "pencil test" with the pencil clearing the muzzle by about 6 inches - less than I am led to expect a strong mainspring would generate.
So, I'm going to replace the firing pin spring (because it needs it - I swapped out the recoil spring when it lost about 3/4" of original length, and knew I should swap the firing pin spring at the same time, but didn't ), and the mainspring.
Firing pin spring replacement is easy, but mainspring replacement looks a little more daunting...anyone have some hints from experience? I've already printed off some instructions and watched some videos on the interwebz (BTW, for 1911 fans http://www.sightm1911.com and http://forums.1911forum.com are two (among many) good sites for reference) but would still welcome some advice from someone who may have done the MSH dis-assembly a few times...
So, I'm going to replace the firing pin spring (because it needs it - I swapped out the recoil spring when it lost about 3/4" of original length, and knew I should swap the firing pin spring at the same time, but didn't ), and the mainspring.
Firing pin spring replacement is easy, but mainspring replacement looks a little more daunting...anyone have some hints from experience? I've already printed off some instructions and watched some videos on the interwebz (BTW, for 1911 fans http://www.sightm1911.com and http://forums.1911forum.com are two (among many) good sites for reference) but would still welcome some advice from someone who may have done the MSH dis-assembly a few times...