Just had to shoot a bit at lunch today, good day for shooting, not so good for my Colt 1911.
Two "things" happened, that I assume are not related. If so, the odds are astronomical and I'm buying a lotto ticket today.
After a hundred rounds or so, I find that the firing pin is "stuck" out passed the hole in this series 80 Colt. The gun wouldn't feed at this point, which is good. Although, I've always wanted a full auto 45.
Assuming it was a plunger problem, I removed it and found that the firing pin, when depressed, kept getting stuck in the firing pin hole. No safety plunger or spring in the slide when doing this. So, could the hole have a burr? Bent firing pin? Thoughts? In retrospect, I have had some light primer hits, 1 per 2-300 fired rounds. I was checking my primer depths, mainsprings weights, cleaning the gun, but perhaps I wasn't looking at the right part!!
Secondly, it appears that the "nub" on the slide stop that locks back snapped off, not the whole thing. It works, but won't lock the slide. Same day, within minutes of each other. Anyone guess the odds.
This is the same reliable, accurate gun(30,000 rounds) that cracked the dustcover several months ago and I was debating on whether to send it back to Colt. It might be an easy decision now.
Two "things" happened, that I assume are not related. If so, the odds are astronomical and I'm buying a lotto ticket today.
After a hundred rounds or so, I find that the firing pin is "stuck" out passed the hole in this series 80 Colt. The gun wouldn't feed at this point, which is good. Although, I've always wanted a full auto 45.
Assuming it was a plunger problem, I removed it and found that the firing pin, when depressed, kept getting stuck in the firing pin hole. No safety plunger or spring in the slide when doing this. So, could the hole have a burr? Bent firing pin? Thoughts? In retrospect, I have had some light primer hits, 1 per 2-300 fired rounds. I was checking my primer depths, mainsprings weights, cleaning the gun, but perhaps I wasn't looking at the right part!!
Secondly, it appears that the "nub" on the slide stop that locks back snapped off, not the whole thing. It works, but won't lock the slide. Same day, within minutes of each other. Anyone guess the odds.
This is the same reliable, accurate gun(30,000 rounds) that cracked the dustcover several months ago and I was debating on whether to send it back to Colt. It might be an easy decision now.