1911 Questions....HELP!!!

[popeye]

1911 hammer pics

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EMC
Norinco
Springfield with shelf

The half cock hammer position comes in really handy if you ever have a 1911 suffering from "hammer follow"

Sorry to borrow your pic, but it's handy. I have several hammers. Some have full cock dual sear contact points like the one with the strut. Some are single contact like the other two. I assume it's easier to achieve a sear/hammer mating using the single contact. I try not to use this type because it seems like too much pressure on the sear. I used to know the concept behind the design, but I'm old now, and I forgot.

 

[charley59]

No magazine safety on a 1911.

 

[45-70]

Already ordered beavertail and skeleton trigger.
I will make the final decision when I see the parts

You will need a jig in order to cut the frame properly for the beavertail. The photo below is of a M1911A1 with a Wilson Combat frame cutting jig installed. Link
On edit, make sure you follow the instructions and square the jig to the slide.

 

[Hk91_son]

1911

The 1911 is not to hard to tinker with once you get into it, just go for it it's a ria. But I think you should have just gone and done a total custom job with Wilson combat parts they aren't really any more expensive than replacing factory parts I wouldn't imagine. Good luck with the repair job.

 

[OD*]

There is no mag safety on any 1911, including yours.

Fortunately for us. Many don't know JMB originally intended for the M1911 to have a magazine safety. If you read his patent of Feb. 17th 1910 (984,519), page two, paragraph 35, he explains reasoning's.

 

[Yukon227]

The trigger was 20$, the hammer was 20$, and the beavertail was 20$. So I'm not out much. Anybody have a frame cutting jig they'd loan out? They are only 25 bucks but I hate to buy one to only use it once.