Opinions on dust cover cracks:
I have a 1/4" "hair line" crack on a 5" steel Colt 1911. It has about 30,000 rounds and it's the main shooting gun. I'll take it to a gunsmith in town just to make sure it's a crack, but it looks like it.
Is this something that will continue to crack, i.e. wait till it's worse, take care of it right away, etc? I'm the orginal owner so I suspect Colt will replace it no charge...I'm assuming.
However, I doubt they will fit a new beavertail, extended ejector, smooth the edges, high grip the frame, etc, etc. Perhaps it might be cheaper for me to send it out and have the crack repaired!
This is a situation where the warranty is nice, but rather not use it...maybe
Your thoughts.
I have a 1/4" "hair line" crack on a 5" steel Colt 1911. It has about 30,000 rounds and it's the main shooting gun. I'll take it to a gunsmith in town just to make sure it's a crack, but it looks like it.
Is this something that will continue to crack, i.e. wait till it's worse, take care of it right away, etc? I'm the orginal owner so I suspect Colt will replace it no charge...I'm assuming.
However, I doubt they will fit a new beavertail, extended ejector, smooth the edges, high grip the frame, etc, etc. Perhaps it might be cheaper for me to send it out and have the crack repaired!
This is a situation where the warranty is nice, but rather not use it...maybe
Your thoughts.