I have bought a lot of used handguns on EE. Some were good to go. Some had problems.
In each case, the “problem” guns had lower prices.
A Colt SAA clone had a broken hammer spring. My gunsmith had 3 spares hanging on a nail. Easy, peasy.
A Tanfolglio Combat 45 had a number of issues, each of which the seller identified to me.
It would not feed and chamber rounds reliably. About 30% of the rounds nosedived in the mags. Did it in all 3 mags.
It would not fire 20% of the time. A second strike set them off.
And it shot a good 6 inches low at 20 yards.
The pistol came with a Wolf hammer spring and 3 new mag springs. I installed the new (stiffer) mag springs and it has been 100% reliable since.
When I went to install the hammer spring, I assumed it would be the same set up as the CZ75, the pistol the Tanfoglio is based on. No luck. The spring does not insert in the heel of the butt. YouTube to the rescue! It looked intimidating, but was very easily done.
Now it ignites 100%.
As for shooting low, I just bent up the rear of the rear sight, and then put a dab of epoxy under it to stop it from migrating back down.
In each case, the “problem” guns had lower prices.
A Colt SAA clone had a broken hammer spring. My gunsmith had 3 spares hanging on a nail. Easy, peasy.
A Tanfolglio Combat 45 had a number of issues, each of which the seller identified to me.
It would not feed and chamber rounds reliably. About 30% of the rounds nosedived in the mags. Did it in all 3 mags.
It would not fire 20% of the time. A second strike set them off.
And it shot a good 6 inches low at 20 yards.
The pistol came with a Wolf hammer spring and 3 new mag springs. I installed the new (stiffer) mag springs and it has been 100% reliable since.
When I went to install the hammer spring, I assumed it would be the same set up as the CZ75, the pistol the Tanfoglio is based on. No luck. The spring does not insert in the heel of the butt. YouTube to the rescue! It looked intimidating, but was very easily done.
Now it ignites 100%.
As for shooting low, I just bent up the rear of the rear sight, and then put a dab of epoxy under it to stop it from migrating back down.
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