Hi, I just bought a new 1911 yesterday from Cabela's. It's a Dan Wesson V-Bob. I shot it today for the first time, and had some trouble. First it was failing to feed the last round in the mags it came with. It fed them properly maybe 1/3 of the time. Not a big deal, as I have plenty of other 1911 mags that have never failed and did fine. But then after around 150 shots I had a catastrophic failure: I found the safety wouldn't engage. I tried shooting a round and nothing happened, I then tried tapping the mag, racking the slide, but it just stuck back with a double feed. I pulled the mag out, worked the slide a few times and the rounds fell out, then I noticed that the hammer wasn't staying back.
The gun was new in box, and I never disassembled it beyond a field strip.
So to recap the problems:
Safety stuck in off position
Hammer doesn't lock
I have a few questions:
What happened? All one root cause I hope?
Can I fix this?
Can a gunsmith fix this quickly? Not need to order any parts, cost?
Will Dan Wesson replace my mags?
I know that I can send it back for free warranty work, but I have a training course this weekend (Insights Training: Intensive handgun skills) and I'd like to have this gun for that. My other 1911 is also out for warranty work (Taurus PT1911 - Ambi safety problem - the left and right aren't joined properly and can move independently). So I'd like to get this fixed by Thursday or else I'll be searching for another gun for this weekend.
Thank you,
Sean
The gun was new in box, and I never disassembled it beyond a field strip.
So to recap the problems:
Safety stuck in off position
Hammer doesn't lock
I have a few questions:
What happened? All one root cause I hope?
Can I fix this?
Can a gunsmith fix this quickly? Not need to order any parts, cost?
Will Dan Wesson replace my mags?
I know that I can send it back for free warranty work, but I have a training course this weekend (Insights Training: Intensive handgun skills) and I'd like to have this gun for that. My other 1911 is also out for warranty work (Taurus PT1911 - Ambi safety problem - the left and right aren't joined properly and can move independently). So I'd like to get this fixed by Thursday or else I'll be searching for another gun for this weekend.
Thank you,
Sean
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