This is a follow-up to this thread: https://www.indianagunowners.com/threads/need-help-troubleshooting-a-1911.508193/#post-8786924
BigRed3588 Sent me this pistol to see about getting it sorted out.
It's been a while since i have done a photo walk through so I thought this would be a good candidate. I may not have time to complete it all at once since there are a bunch of pics but here is a start
Once i received the pistol I made a range trip with it to see how it did. I did not have any failures to feed with the ball ammo I had but I did have the slide lock engage on me, safety was very loose and had hammer follow once.
Pistol was "Combat accurate"...
Speaking with BigRed3588 I offered to do just what it needed to make it run but suggested much more. and he agreed that while i have it to do it right.
Here are some pics and a couple videos of what I found. From the looks of the bluing I would say it has not been shot much, or it has been reblued.
This one may have been a problem child even before whoever worked on it in the past.
Biggest issue was barrel fit
this is the barrel play with the gun fully assembled
This video is with the barrel link removed but slide stop still in the gun
The barrel bushing fit was no better.
Barrel lugs have never been touched by the slide stop
20210701_055910 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
Riding the link
20210701_055924 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
Yuk
20210701_055903 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
Factory tooling marks in the feed ramp
20210701_060932 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
More Colt Tooling marks
20210701_060955 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
Soft Ejector
20210701_061706 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
20210701_061715 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
Extractor clocking
20210701_061740 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
20210701_061748 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
Nothing Smooth inside
20210701_061506 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
20210701_061335 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
Trigger pull was not gross
20210701_061157 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
I ordered all Nighthawk internals and a Kart NM gunsmith fit barrel for the gun.
20210701_061834 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
BigRed3588 Sent me this pistol to see about getting it sorted out.
It's been a while since i have done a photo walk through so I thought this would be a good candidate. I may not have time to complete it all at once since there are a bunch of pics but here is a start
Once i received the pistol I made a range trip with it to see how it did. I did not have any failures to feed with the ball ammo I had but I did have the slide lock engage on me, safety was very loose and had hammer follow once.
Pistol was "Combat accurate"...
Speaking with BigRed3588 I offered to do just what it needed to make it run but suggested much more. and he agreed that while i have it to do it right.
Here are some pics and a couple videos of what I found. From the looks of the bluing I would say it has not been shot much, or it has been reblued.
This one may have been a problem child even before whoever worked on it in the past.
Biggest issue was barrel fit
this is the barrel play with the gun fully assembled
This video is with the barrel link removed but slide stop still in the gun
The barrel bushing fit was no better.
Barrel lugs have never been touched by the slide stop
20210701_055910 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
Riding the link
20210701_055924 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
Yuk
20210701_055903 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
Factory tooling marks in the feed ramp
20210701_060932 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
More Colt Tooling marks
20210701_060955 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
Soft Ejector
20210701_061706 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
20210701_061715 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
Extractor clocking
20210701_061740 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
20210701_061748 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
Nothing Smooth inside
20210701_061506 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
20210701_061335 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
Trigger pull was not gross
20210701_061157 by Allen Moore, on Flickr
I ordered all Nighthawk internals and a Kart NM gunsmith fit barrel for the gun.
20210701_061834 by Allen Moore, on Flickr