A little update of the GSG 1911

I took mine to the range yesterday and fired about 150 rounds. No FTF/FTE. The gun worked really smooth. Actually, I liked the trigger too. It was also shooting high and to the right but I didn't adjust the sights. Next time.
 
aridan,

There are a couple of really good 1911 disassembly videos on Youtube here is one

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The right side of the ambi safety is really only held on by the grip panel, take off the grips, and the ambi safety can be pulled straight out. The standard left side thumb safety comes out like in the video.

The magazine safety looks easy to remove as well, should come out when the Main spring housing is removed.

I had the same issue with last round alignment in the magazines. Easy way to align them is turn the loaded mag upside down and snap the mag follower a couple times, and the round lines right up.

jay
 
Handled one at the local gunshop this morning when I was picking up my "new to me" M1 Garand.

My opinion, they are very, very nice. Shop brought in 6 for a 'look see' and already had 4 sold before I left ~ 1 1/2 hours later. Probably all gone by the end of the weekend. Shop owner said they'd be ordering another batch next week. I might just pick one up myself.....

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Took mine out to the range today. First shot it jams and won't eject the casing. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU. Took a while to get it apart because i couldn't pull the slide back to pull the slide lock and pin out. Finally figured out how to disassemble it in this sorry state. (I'm not sure what the proper names of the parts that were the problem) The front bushing that the plunger rod travels through jammed onto the end of the plunger rod and wouldn't move. Finally yanked it off and found out that the spring had jammed in-between the bushing and the plunger rod. Also noticed that the spring seemed to have tight coils on one end and kinda loose ones on the side that jammed. Flipped the spring around, reassembled and and no real problems after that.

Can someone take a look at their spring and tell me if it's more compressed at the end on one side than the other.

Also, if it is make sure you put the compressed side towards the front of the barrel when reassembling.

Other than that it was good day at the range. Few FTF due to the ammo (had many out of this batch fail). And a couple feed problems.
 
The spring is supposed to go with narrow end towards the breech, i.e. wide end towards the front sight. You probably flipped the spring while cleaning the gun. Several ppl reported having this problem.

I put another 200 through mine today, after disabling the mag safety & putting a tire tube onto grip safety thus disabling it as well. There were zero failures. The gun is very accurate but at over 10 yards it tends to shoot high, so I may replace the front sight after all.

The trigger is OK, but nowhere close to the one on my Trojan. Looks like the firing pin safety has to go too. :D
 
It's a keeper!

FWIW, I took my GSG out for the first time today. I fired over 400 rounds through it without any issues or failures (CCI Mini Mag, AE 36g, Dynapoints). I'm quite happy with it. Reasonably accurate but mine shoots a little high as well. Good value and it's a keeper!! :) :D
 
I was in a gunshop in Bellevue, WA, USA this afternoon for a "look see"....

Low & behold they had a few of these GSG's for sale with an asking price of $339 US on 'em. Just thought I post this for general info.

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I need some cheap rubber grips, do you think standard 1911 grips would fit the GSG? My club has a cleaning area where they run some sort of water-based solvent, makes the wood grips swell. I'm too lazy to remove the grips each time.
 
My GSG 1911

Juste recev my gun this week, i do a litle modification ( remove safty for the mag and softly the safety on the grip to hard) and go to the range , the guns works very good, very very very good gun for the price i am suprise accurate and reliable . (good stuff).

Vinnce.
 
aridan said:
I need some cheap rubber grips, do you think standard 1911 grips would fit the GSG? My club has a cleaning area where they run some sort of water-based solvent, makes the wood grips swell. I'm too lazy to remove the grips each time.
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Dear Ardian,

The GSG 1911 should fit any standard 1911 grips. It will fit 80 percent of the standard 1911 parts.

Best regards,
Scott
 
I took my wife to the range today so that she could get used to the GSG. She seems to have a problem with the trigger: she claims the pull is too hard for her. She's OK dry-firing the GSG but is visibly straining to squeeze the trigger when the gun is loaded.

I'd like to know if there are simple ways to disable the firing pin safety so that I can lighten up the trigger pull.

Another note: I normally use grease on my firearms' slides. Not a good idea for a .22...

One more question: is it safe to dry-fire this gun? The firing pin looks very solid.
 
aridan said:
I took my wife to the range today so that she could get used to the GSG. She seems to have a problem with the trigger: she claims the pull is too hard for her. She's OK dry-firing the GSG but is visibly straining to squeeze the trigger when the gun is loaded.

I'd like to know if there are simple ways to disable the firing pin safety so that I can lighten up the trigger pull.

Another note: I normally use grease on my firearms' slides. Not a good idea for a .22...

One more question: is it safe to dry-fire this gun? The firing pin looks very solid.
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Dear Aridan,

Dry firing any .22 isn't recommended because the firing pin can hit the barrel on most of them causing stress on the firing pin.

If you don't have a good grip on the rear grip safety the gun wont fire and if it does the firing pin wont hit the round I found that out at the range with the first shot out of the GSG 1911 I readjusted my grip and it worked great after that. You could try cleaning the GSG 1911 grip safety because some of them had a little more oil then others out of the box. I just worked it by hand a bit pushing it in and out and it worked great after that. If there’s to much oil that might be what’s causing her to have problems with the grip safety.

If you still have issues firing the GSG 1911 we do all the manufactures warranty work through Blue Line. The GSG 1911 warranty is a standard 1 year manufactures warranty.

Best regards,
Scott
 
aridan said:
I took my wife to the range today so that she could get used to the GSG. She seems to have a problem with the trigger: she claims the pull is too hard for her. She's OK dry-firing the GSG but is visibly straining to squeeze the trigger when the gun is loaded.

I'd like to know if there are simple ways to disable the firing pin safety so that I can lighten up the trigger pull.
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Yes, you can disable that "firing pin safety",
but you have to do it yourself (because no gunsmith will do it for you).
However, you will not change much in the trigger pull.
If you want to ease the trigger pull, you will need a proper trigger job.
That will bring the trigger pull from the original of about 6lbs
to about 2.5-3 lbs. That will run about $80+.
It will also probably void the warranty.
 
1st Problem...

I started using Weapon Shield about two weeks ago, only to find out yesterday that it has totally destroyed the outer part of the rubber washer that is on the guide rod. I guess that's because it was in contact with the slide where Weapon Shield was applied.

Are these washers available as replacement parts, or do I need to make something on my own? If the latter, could someone please measure the outer diameter and the thickness of this washer? TIA.

P.S. I have since emailed the makers of Weapon Shield and received the following reply:
.Rubber is always attacked by any oil. However polymers are fine and safe. Rubber grips are always avoided from heavy contact. Light contact is not a problem. Almost all manufacturers of quality firearms do not use rubber. Those that do are usually cheap and of low quality. Just keep it away from prolonged contact.[?QUOTE]
While I would dispute the statement that rubber is always attacked by any oil - I used G96 and Ballistol on rubber & plastics with no ill-effects for quite a while - I would refrain from using WeaponShield on any rubber parts, including all of my pistols with rubber grips. Needless to say, neither WeaponShield nor brake cleaner will be in contact with my GSG1911 parts ever again.
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i got my gsg 3 weeks a go and before i went to the range i noticed that they used white lithium grease on the frame so i figured if they did that theirs probably a lot of oil in the pipe, so i ran a patch down to make sure. To my astonishment the bore was leaded, after 20 minutes of patches i got'er clean. the only thing i can think of is they used rifle grade ammo with heavy built lube to test fire at the factory. so be careful new buyers of the gsg, clean that barrel before you shootG:G:
 
A quick update

I've been using my GSG1911 every time I go to the range, so just wanted to mention a few things:

1. When replacing grips, make sure there's clearance for the left part of Ambi safety to move freely. I put on the S&W rubber grips that one kind soul gave me and these stop the left side from sliding up/down. I don't care since I'm right-handed, but some of you might.

2. I tried dropping the slide into the frame of my STI Trojan. It won't fit because of the large diameter of the guide rod where it rests against the barrel.

3. High-velocity rounds chew up the rubber washer real quick. Those washers will need to be replaced every 500 rounds or so. I found a bunch of washers I had for faucet repair, they seem to work OK. I just punch the center out with an empty .223 brass, slide the washer onto the guide rod, and trim all around with a pair of sharp scissors.

4. I ordered a 'blank slot' from Brownells, to disable the firing pin safety. I want to see if it makes any significant changes to trigger pull.

That's about all, for now. I really enjoy shooting my GSG1911 a lot! Thanks, BlueLine! :bigHug:

P.S. Regarding No.4: just got a message from Brownells that they cannot ship the 'slot filler' part. Called them & was told that's because the factory that makes them is not registered to allow shipping the part outside of US. A $5 POS part, I can't believe it!
 
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