Problem with 1911 re-assembly

[NavyCuda]

Agreed. You need like three hands and baby fingers!

You can always convert a series 80 to 70 by buying a shim from Brownells that replaces those two parts, then you simply remove the firing pin plunger from the slide.

Series 80 firing pin safeties are very easy to deal with once you've done it once or twice. The biggest problem I have with a full disassembly is getting the safety selector out.

 

[Heddok]

Oh for farks sakes! Really?! I was getting an order together and had that part on my shopping cart to give it a try. Cr@p! that's pretty silly.

Yep- This was about 4 months ago. You can try and see if maybe it'll go through or they'll let it slip through the cracks. If you do succesfully get it pm me or post on it.

 

[Trinimon]

Yep- This was about 4 months ago. You can try and see if maybe it'll go through or they'll let it slip through the cracks. If you do succesfully get it pm me or post on it.

I put in my order today for a bunch of parts and upon reading about them not shipping that shim, I took it off the list and added something else. I'll probably be putting another order sometime soon so I'll add that shim in and see. I did get denied a Brownells stainless steel sear pin two orders ago come to think of it, because it wasn't approved for ITAR export.

 

[Heddok]

Brownells sent me the list of manufacturers that can ship out of USA but I find the format of the document almost painful to go through. Amazing the lack of common sense exhibited. I gather from some of the american gun forums I go to that the custom gunsmiths and small companies are just engulfed in paperwork for their FFL's and other licencing. It's only going to get worse for them and by extension us when gun control really hits down there.

 

[deadman]

On their website, Brownells does sometimes specify whether or not it can be exported (S80 filler as an example). Unfortunately, they don't do it for all.

As an alternate solution, this is a pretty basic piece. If I were looking for one, I'd probably just make one. Bit of time with a file and you should be able to make something work. Hell, I know someone with an antique S&W that has a filed down penny for a front sight!

Or, live with the fact that your S80 has this feature. I'm not the most experienced with these, but to be honest I never really had a problem with it. Does the trigger feel different? Maybe. Is it bad? Not in my opinion. I have a couple Springfields that have had trigger work done to them. Sure they are a joy to shoot (approx 2 and 2.5 lb triggers) but I also really enjoy shooting my old Rand mixmaster with a trigger that some may compare to dragging a log across a rocky beach.

If all my pistols had the same trigger, I probably wouldn't enjoy them as much. Each one has its characteristics that I have fun adapting to. Guess it depends on what your goal is though. I'm certainly not one to discourage someone from tinkering with their shooters.

 

[Defictonde]

While I was quite frustrated with it last night, as this picture can express it

I am absolutely in LOVE with it and so PROUD to have gone through all this crap and now I know it's squeaky clean, all the carbon is gone, it's lubed up (I was high on Hoppes 9 last night) and I feel closer to that gun than to my G17 that I've had longer and lusted over for so long. It's like my first car, it was a piece of crap (ok, it wasn't THAT bad, but it was a V6 Firebird, which is half sad) but I worked on it, I learned on it, I loved it and now I have a 91 Formula project car that I'm taking to bare "frame", rotisserie the whole car, Ls1 conversion incoming etc. It's a pain, but I'm loving it. Since I was about 12 I've been mechanically inclined and last night I was so glad I had some tools around and was smart enough to buy Hoppes9 cleaning kit etc

I'm a little (ok a LOT) pissed that the gunshop owner assured me it was a 1 year old gun, which was the main reason I got it, while it is in fact a 1990 gun, I feel a bit robbed on that, and he'll be told on this and it's quite possible that all my firearms related sales will go elsewhere, depending on what he says. Whatever

 

[cigarbufff]

Its to help prevent trigger bounce on the older NM pistols. Its called a sear depressor, and from what I've read this method was eliminated with the introduction of lighter aluminum triggers in the newer pistols. Correct me if I'm wrong please.

Thx for the clarification! Weird lillte part though! hehe

 

[triplepete]

I am new to 1911s too and got a lucky deal on a Series 80 NM. I have enjoyed totally stripping and cleaning and getting to know it - how ever I seem to have lost the depressor spring in my NM but the gun is back together properly with out the spring and it seems to work fine. Compared to modern 1911s I find the machining on my stainless Colt to be awful - cast disconnect and sear, pitted thumb safety, unfinished and rough inside slide. Anyway, I was thinking about upgrading the trigger group and it dawned on me if conventional trigger parts would fit properly in NM frames?

The depressor fits between the disconnect and sear - the disconnect needs to line up with hole in frame and etc. Does anyone know if conventional non NM trigger group parts fit in an NM frame?