Quoted:  it's pissing me off so i am "upgrading".   i am thinking of selling it .................

Please e-mail/IM Make, model, and price.......  

If you drop the slide on a 1911 without chambering a round, the slide speed is such that it can cause the sear/hammer engagement to jump or chip. Picking up a rounds from the mag slows the slide speed enough to prevent this. It is most prevalent in a firearm with a trigger job and a light let off. It shows up less in a Govt USGI as the trigger weight is usually between 6 and 8 pounds.  

If you want a trigger job to last all you have to do is several things. Don't drop the slide without chambering a round, and don't buy cheap parts or mismatched one's. It's usually better to buy a hammer and sear as a set rather then play mix and match.

A good trigger job should, if done right and taken care of, last quite a while depending on the round count. I have a 60s NM 38special with an excellent trigger that has never been dinked with yet. It was used in competition in our area as I have photos and newsprint of the owner from that time. I got it when I bought the pistol from his widow.

2,000 rounds out of my Sig so far and no tune up needed.

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Lower the slide. Don't let it slam. Having the world's best feeling handgun trigger comes at a very small price in how you handle the weapon when empty. So I gotta wonder...if the slide slamming on an empty chamber can screw it up...how does the slide slamming on a loaded chamber NOT screw it up? Easy. The internal extractor on a 1911 is a leaf spring.  It is made of steel. When you drop the slide on a round, there is give in the casing, which is made of brass (at least until recent years). on a charged magazine, you "strip" a round from the mag, and the rim of the case rides into the extractor, as originally designed.   When you drop the slide on an empty chamber, you are slamming a steel spring in a direction it was not inteded to go, against a similary hard steel slide.  The slide wins, and the extractor can become out of spec, and lose it's tension.  Hope that helps. BTW, this is not a problem on external extractor weapons.

Thanks. Is there such a thing as an external extractor 1911?

Quoted: Thanks. Is there such a thing as an external extractor 1911?

Yeah, Kimber and S&W are making them.

Kimber...



S&W...




For comparison, here's a internal extractor type, SA GI model...

Quoted: Quoted: Thanks. Is there such a thing as an external extractor 1911? Yeah, Kimber and S&W are making them. Kimber... www.m1911.org/images/kimber22-01.jpg S&W... www.smith-wesson.com/wcsstore/SmWesson/upload/images/firearms/170258_large.jpg For comparison, here's a internal extractor type, SA GI model... www.springfield-armory.com/images/pistols/PW9108LLarge.jpg

Up to speed, thanks.

Quoted: 2,000 rounds out of my Sig so far and no tune up needed.

5000+ out of my Kimber Custom and the same.

What's the point?

SG

Quoted: Quoted: 2,000 rounds out of my Sig so far and no tune up needed. 5000+ out of my Kimber Custom and the same. What's the point?

...That I've got 2K+ rounds out of my Sig w/o a tune up.

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: 2,000 rounds out of my Sig so far and no tune up needed. 5000+ out of my Kimber Custom and the same. What's the point? ...That I've got 2K+ rounds out of my Sig w/o a tune up.

Just funnin.

SG