themic
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I have a nice Colt Combat Commander 1991. It has been working great for quite a while, not a single failure of any sort in the past 1000 rounds or so.
status: wilson grips, wilson full length guide rod (it's pretty & i like it), wilson main spring, shock buff insert.
anyways, i decided, in my infinite wisdom, to change the bedroom firearm to this handgun, instead of my ol RAP, mainly because the trigger's getting a little gritty on the RAP and I want to detail strip and play around with it a bit.
so, given that the colt is in the line of duty no, as it were, i go in, give it a good clean and oil, and take out the SHOCK-BUFF plastic insert thing, and throw it out. it was a little banged up, and they're supposed to be unreliable and all. i keep the guide rod. one change at a time.
so i take it out to the range.
CCI Blazer FMJ and JHP ammo. no +p's or anything special. i live in an apartment and use normal joe-blow loads.
round 7: FTF.
round 8: slide stop failure.
try it with different mags. wilson mag. colt mag. kimber mag.
always the same.
quite consistent, really. i'm impressed.
LESSON LEARNED: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
time to order fresh shock-buffs. probably a new spring while i'm at it. i guess it could be the spring, not the buff. any input on that?
and time to put the RAP back in service.
status: wilson grips, wilson full length guide rod (it's pretty & i like it), wilson main spring, shock buff insert.
anyways, i decided, in my infinite wisdom, to change the bedroom firearm to this handgun, instead of my ol RAP, mainly because the trigger's getting a little gritty on the RAP and I want to detail strip and play around with it a bit.
so, given that the colt is in the line of duty no, as it were, i go in, give it a good clean and oil, and take out the SHOCK-BUFF plastic insert thing, and throw it out. it was a little banged up, and they're supposed to be unreliable and all. i keep the guide rod. one change at a time.
so i take it out to the range.
CCI Blazer FMJ and JHP ammo. no +p's or anything special. i live in an apartment and use normal joe-blow loads.
round 7: FTF.
round 8: slide stop failure.
try it with different mags. wilson mag. colt mag. kimber mag.
always the same.
quite consistent, really. i'm impressed.
LESSON LEARNED: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
time to order fresh shock-buffs. probably a new spring while i'm at it. i guess it could be the spring, not the buff. any input on that?
and time to put the RAP back in service.