Norinco 1911A1C slight slide stop issue and wondering about parts compatibility

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So I've found that my commander length hard chrome norinco 1911 is letting the follower in the magazines pass the slide stop and jam up without locking the slide to the rear. I can still extract the magazines but it takes a hard tug. It is possible that the temperature (-10ish) had something to do with it but the lube I threw on it seems to be a graphite sorta grease that seems to remain nice and slick.

Has anyone replaced the slide stop with another with any success? I talked to a shop that makes some 1911 parts on the west coast and got the old Norincos are incompatible metric messes speech. I understand that to be true in some cases but not necessarily as a hard and fast rule.

Now the magazines I'm using are two that came with it (that were the most reliable for locking the slide after I broke the edges and took the burrs off) and two GI mags I picked up at the last gun show I went to. Those always seemed to have a slide lock issue with snap caps, but were initially somewhat reliable at the range.

I've also always noticed that it's a bugger to get the slide lock back in when reassembling as I usually have to use the tip of a screwdriver or knife to depress the plunger.

So have any of you had success replacing the slide stop or other components that might help clean up the trigger pull?
 
99.99% of the parts are 100% Colt interchangeable. The only metric part in it that i know of is the grip screw stud. The grip screws themselves are colt.

I suspect the gun is just fine, but you are using a cheap mag. I have about a dozen Norc 1911s of various iterations and they all lock open just fine with good mags.
 
I have replaced every part in the frame with after market custom parts from Fusion firearms in 2 Norcs and they dropped right in except the safeties had to be fitted. The pistols work very well, no issues.
 
Just bend the tab on the follower so it hits the slide stop as it moves up, look at it with the slide back from the top and you can see what is happening.
 
I'll take a go at that skinny, I'd hate to trash mags just because the tolerances are slightly off. I can see a small shiny spot on them where they hit but slip past.

Thanks so much guys for letting me know about your experiences. I've heard so much crap over the years about anything Norinco regarding fitment of anything aftermarket.
 
Super late update. Finally got some quality mags after getting stung by more that turned out to be garbage when delivered. The new ones function perfectly.
 
I had that issue on my Norc (would do it 3 times out of 10). Did it with the Norc mags and Chip McCormick mags.

The 'tab' that is pushed on by the follower was slightly too short. Bought a Wilson Combat slide stop and the problem disappeared. I don't remember the exact sizes now but when I compared the two, the Norc one was just ever so slightly shorter.
 
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