Hello All,
you all seem to know much more than i do so i'm going to try to take a minute of your day to ask. i am new to the 1911 world and have a pretty good understanding of how my kimber tactical pro works. recently a buddy of mine came to me with his para ordinance that he couldn't get the slide back on. upon closer inspection of his slide where the extractor is inserted into the frame i noticed that it was severely marred all the way down to the metal. he told me he tried to "force" the slide on. (i already informed him that he was a moron for trying to ram the slide on, but i guess everyone has to learn for themselfs).
i supspect that his problem is with the plunger interfering with the slide when the frame is tilited to the rear. the plunger seemed to have a burr on it so i think he might have bent it slightly up (i'de say around a 1/32" or so which prohibits the slide from traveling all the way to the rear.
is this common? and if so, is a new plunger lever the prescription that it needs? and if that is so, it should assemble just like my kimber's with the excxeption that the para ordinance's will lie horizontal and the kimber's vertical?
thankyou for any insight you can give me in the matter. i appreciate your time.
v/r
randy