Just discovered: .45 ACP case replaces Guide rod plug

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Wow.... I just learned something totally NEW ! :dancingbanana:

While at a 3 Gun match hosted by TimK of the Operational Shooting Assoc. I learned that if you misplace the 1911's guide rod plug, you can merely just use a spent case (.45 ACP, of course). :D

That is so cool... Was that the intention of Mr. John Moses Browning?? :eek:

So... when I came home from the match, I ran down to the basement shop and tried it... :eek: Does it ever work well.

Then I was told that if you chuck up the spent .45 casing, you can have the bushing "lock" on the bottom of the case. :runaway:

Yahoooo ! I learned something new !!

Cheers all...
 
That falls into the wish I'd known that Category.At least 3 times at IPSC matches i've seen grown men reduced to panic because they were trying to reassemble thier 1911's at the safety area and their plugs flew off into the weeds. on course this assumes you have the short recoil spring guide or that a full-length rod can be reduced by unscrewing part of it out (like I can in mine) .

just for ####s & giggles I think i'll drill out a couple of cases to the diameter of my full length guide rod and rebate the rims if needed
 
Rod B:

As you were saying... the Genius of JM Browning... I was reading a USGI manual sometime ago. The manual mentioned that the entire pistol could be taken right down for field stripping with the RIM of a .45 ACP cartride.

So I tried it.... Whoops, I realized my NORC NP29 was not JMB' direct creation since the grip screws were made by the Kommies.

Then I tried it again on a friend's USGI .45 Springfield Armory (collector guy) and YES, everything works just like the manual suggested. So COOL...

All part of the 1911 addiction....
 
yes, it was designed to be completely taken apart without tools- you use various parts of the pistol as tools- the hammer strut becomes a push pin or punch, and the three leaf spring becomes a screwdriver- i can't remember all the tricks to it, but it also infers that you have an unmodified 45, not a tricked out or near clone- various manufacturers have taken "liberties" over the years and the tricks might not work in yours
 
JMB was not the only one to do this. I remember reading an online version of the manual for the Lewis machine gun and it could also be disassembled with no tools other than a cartridge as the starting point.
 
The Mause C96 can be completely disassembled (except perhaps the rear sight and grip screw) with only a cartridge
 
Has anyone really tried to fire a .45 1911 with a spent .45 case as a recoil spring guide. Yes it will fit over the spring , yes the barrel bushing will sort of hold it in place but it is not locked in place by any means. If the rim of the cartridge case was removed ,yes it might work. But you could just as well buy or make a real recoil spring plug. Maybe a picture will clear up how this could work. Just my thoughts on it.
 
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