Perry, others,1911 ?

hdcolt51

January 07, 2012 09:41

I recently aquired a springfield 1911-A1 reworked at gunsite in the early 80's.Functions fine,however you can rack the slide engage the thumb safety and if you press the trigger slightly then release it then drop the thumb safety the hammer will fall.The grip safety does not have to be pressed for this to happen either.Could this be the trigger itself or possibly the sear?The grip safety is not pinned down.

The trigger does not stick and is not a lite trigger (4lb)Most times you can hear a lite ping when you press the trigger with the thumb safety on.

Thanks

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  yoshmyster

  January 07, 2012 10:02

  Kind a wondering couple things (if I read your post corretly [:D]). I'm wondering if the grip safety has been pinned down or the sear spring keeping the grip safety out is weak/broken. As for the hammer dropping when you do your thing I'm thinking a worn or highly "tricked" out sear.
  
  Give her a strip down frame cleaning and you'll see the issues on the bits.

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  CSI21

  January 07, 2012 10:15

  Hammer follow through is a serious problem, the sear needs to be replaced or fixed if possible. Good Luck with it.

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  perry shooter

  January 07, 2012 11:50

  When some one tries to do a trigger job one of the first things they do is File, Sand, Stone, polish the sear nose. The second thing they do is shorten the hammer hooks [V][:(!][xx(] . The safety keeps the sear from rotating on its pin .BUT it has to be able to engage and disengage with the hammer cocked. What happens when you shorten the sear nose is the safety will engage you pull the trigger the sear moves across the hammer hooks just slightly but the sear being shorter now has moved somewhere between 5% and 99% across the hammer hooks you disengage the safety and Kaboom because the sear can not prevent the hammer from falling.You have to under stand the safety needs to be FITTED to the sear and hammer to prevent the Kaboom. Be safe .many Bullseye shooters NEVER use the safety so it may be years before some checks the safety. they do a trigger job and think ALL IS WELL [xx(][:0]

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