colt 1911 45acp
The 'buffer' part inside the slide/spring housing that keeps metal
form metal has cracked. Where can I get a replacement part?
Is the pistol still safe to shoot?
Thanks,
Brent
skyponydogboy@yahoo.com
form metal has cracked. Where can I get a replacement part?
Is the pistol still safe to shoot?
Thanks,
Brent
skyponydogboy@yahoo.com
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It's a common plastic replacement part, try Midway or Brownells. Both have large on-line catalogs. 0 -
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quote:Is the pistol still safe to shoot?
The US Army and a lot of civilians got along for many years without rubber baby buggy bumpers in their pistols. Many people still avoid them because of the chance that they will get crushed and bind up operation of the gun.
Assuming the recoil spring is correct and not too squashed down, you will be fine. Replacement buffers are about $6-$7, less in quantity if you are doing a lot of shooting.0 -
Throw the parts away and NEVER replace the "BUFFER". John Browning did NOT design the 1911 to have breakable PLASTIC/RUBBER parts. In all seriousness a Much better Thing to do is get a SPRING that will match the load to the pistol. The slide is made to just KISS the frame under full recoil. The buffer can limit this rearward travel and cause wear on the slide stop notch on the slide and also not allow the top round in the magazine to fully rise before the slide starts to chamber a Round this can cause Feed troubles. Like many AFTERMARKET parts they are designed to help you spend money on a cure for a problem that never existed . And end up causing other problems . I have Match pistol with over 300,000 rounds through it and never had a Buffer. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by perry shooter
Throw the parts away and NEVER replace the "BUFFER". John Browning did NOT design the 1911 to have breakable PLASTIC/RUBBER parts. In all seriousness a Much better Thing to do is get a SPRING that will match the load to the pistol. The slide is made to just KISS the frame under full recoil. The buffer can limit this rearward travel and cause wear on the slide stop notch on the slide and also not allow the top round in the magazine to fully rise before the slide starts to chamber a Round this can cause Feed troubles. Like many AFTERMARKET parts they are designed to help you spend money on a cure for a problem that never existed . And end up causing other problems . I have Match pistol with over 300,000 rounds through it and never had a Buffer.
+ 1 million
If you want plastic gun parts, buy a Glock[xx(]0 -
Bob & Karl, truer word have never been spoken.[:D]
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Skydog: Wolff (and other companies) sell 'recoil spring kits'. What that is, is a complete set of springs of different strengths (from weak to strong) to match the recoil energy of the particular handload/bullet weight you are using in the gun!
If you decide to go this route, buy the kit, and we'll lead you step-by-step on how to 'fine tune' the gun to the bullet used.
Then kit in hand, and about an hour of your time at the range, and you will have a proper setup.
Best, Joe0 -
Much to the dismay of many die hard 1911 fundamentalist, John Browning's design was NOT perfect.
Shock-buffs are a cheap, regardless of whether its use is trivial or actually crucial. If they don't cause you any problems, then continue to use them. They do wear out, which tells me that is energy that is not going into the frame of my gun.
I back givette with the spring kit statement. Springs make your gun run, and they all eventually wear out. Recoil spring tension is crucial. Depending on how heavy your load is, a proper recoil spring will give you proper slide lock time. For the most part, you will probably find the factory installed 16 or 18lb spring to be more than enough, but if your shooting a hard hitting carry load or even a +p load it wouldn't hurt to put a 20 or 22lb recoil spring. If your shooting a light reload that wouldn't even meet a uspsa major, then you might find something as light as a 13lb recoil spring to reduce felt recoil and improve ejection and extraction. And it doesn't hurt to replace your recoil spring every 3000 rounds.0 -
quote:Originally posted by babun
quote:Originally posted by perry shooter
Throw the parts away and NEVER replace the "BUFFER". John Browning did NOT design the 1911 to have breakable PLASTIC/RUBBER parts. In all seriousness a Much better Thing to do is get a SPRING that will match the load to the pistol. The slide is made to just KISS the frame under full recoil. The buffer can limit this rearward travel and cause wear on the slide stop notch on the slide and also not allow the top round in the magazine to fully rise before the slide starts to chamber a Round this can cause Feed troubles. Like many AFTERMARKET parts they are designed to help you spend money on a cure for a problem that never existed . And end up causing other problems . I have Match pistol with over 300,000 rounds through it and never had a Buffer.
+ 1 million
If you want plastic gun parts, buy a Glock[xx(]
Now thats funny....[:)]0 -
quote:Originally posted by leeblackman
Much to the dismay of many die hard 1911 fundamentalist, John Browning's design was NOT perfect.
Shock-buffs are a cheap, regardless of whether its use is trivial or actually crucial. If they don't cause you any problems, then continue to use them. They do wear out, which tells me that is energy that is not going into the frame of my gun.
To be fair, I believe the only one explicitly claiming their gun is "perfect" is Gaston Glock!
If John Browning were designing guns today, I think his design would be different than a 1911 (as his later High-Power design was different, for example). Gun design has advanced in the last 100 years. . .believe it or not.
But all that said, 1911s, are still "pretty good", and with literally nearly 100 full years of popular and widespread use on the range and on the battlefield, I think its fair to say that we know where the problems with them are, and aren't!
If buffers were really necessary for normal function, then why were these guns standard military issue for literally 70 years without them?
In a nutshell, properly manufactured and properly sprung 1911s will hold up to many tens of thousands of rounds with ordinary use. Slide buffers, on the other hand, will generally wear out after 600-1000 rounds. So by adding one, instead of fixing a problem, you're creating another potential problem.
When (not if) your buffer fails, it can potentially disintegrate and lock up the gun to the point where it will require a field strip to get working again. If this happens on the range, no big deal. If it happens in the middle of a gunfight. . .not so good.
That's why just about every pro firearms instructor says to toss the buffer, and its why just about all of the expensive custom "combat" guns lack them.
If you feel that you want one to reduce recoil vibrations, so be it but I'd be VERY reluctant to stick one in any defensive gun.0
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