OrdellRobbie
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I just inherited a colt national match 1911 45. Its engraved with Clark heavy slide. I believe it might be before the Gold Cup as it doesnt say so. serial number 58**. New to 1911s but i have found that when using the slide release the hammer follows to the 1/4 cock, not all the time but most. the trigger is very light,crisp, and zero creep as it was used for Bullseye competitions. It hadnt been used in years and upon cleaning it i noticed the sear doesent appear to have flat angles on it at all. It looks mirror smooth but rounded. Instead of playing with the sear spring it came with i bought several to experiment with 2 colt and 2 wilson hardcore. The pull is dramatically more and i still have hammer follow with the new springs. The gun was owned by a serious competitor with a high respect for precision and safety so i doubt it was a botched home gun smith job.
1 do 1911 sears wear out?
2 if that is what it appears i have would buying a sear and hammer already polished be an option or could a smith fix this sear?
3 i read a post that said it used to be common for light trigger 1911s to have to pull the trigger in after inserting a mag and then push the mag release to keep the hammer at full cock. Sounds sketchy and unnesessary.
4 also read that it might not do it with full mag in from the extra weight but...
I havent decided if im going to shoot this yet but if i do i will be doing the load 1, load 1 load 2, load 2 technique to check for full auto.
Im looking to leave this gun as close to the way i received it as possible but it was made to shoot and thats what i want to do with it. It wont be used for self defense or carry so the light trigger is okay with me.... even though i probably wont be able to appreciate it!
as always i thank you for the advise.
1 do 1911 sears wear out?
2 if that is what it appears i have would buying a sear and hammer already polished be an option or could a smith fix this sear?
3 i read a post that said it used to be common for light trigger 1911s to have to pull the trigger in after inserting a mag and then push the mag release to keep the hammer at full cock. Sounds sketchy and unnesessary.
4 also read that it might not do it with full mag in from the extra weight but...
I havent decided if im going to shoot this yet but if i do i will be doing the load 1, load 1 load 2, load 2 technique to check for full auto.
Im looking to leave this gun as close to the way i received it as possible but it was made to shoot and thats what i want to do with it. It wont be used for self defense or carry so the light trigger is okay with me.... even though i probably wont be able to appreciate it!
as always i thank you for the advise.