DustyGmt
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My uncle acquired this Colt 1911 and he asked me to take it apart and clean it, it had been sitting for about 40ish years untouched. I reacquainted myself with 1911's again and am a lil jealous, would have loved to have the option to buy this chrome .45 but anyway, when he got it back from me after I cleaned it he told me that there was something wrong with it. I assume he thinks I messed something up but I'm fairly confident I did everything proper.
He says when he racks the slide to the rear and hits the slide release, the slide falls forward as it should but the hammer falls to the "half cock" position. Is this normal? I can't recall and have never had a 70's series Colt and am not sure if this is normal? It functions normally in all other respects, hammer cocks and drops normally but if you lock the slide back and hit the slide release, once the slide slams forward the hammer drops to the "half cock" position.
Also, anything else in terms of history you may be able to tell me about this Colt would be cool. The rampant colt logo was struck very lightly and is basically invisible, serial # is 5 digits beginning with 101** and it doesn't say "COLT 1911" on it but rather "Model of 1911 U.S. ARMY". My great uncle was a MP in the Military and I believe this was his sidearm in Vietnam.
He says when he racks the slide to the rear and hits the slide release, the slide falls forward as it should but the hammer falls to the "half cock" position. Is this normal? I can't recall and have never had a 70's series Colt and am not sure if this is normal? It functions normally in all other respects, hammer cocks and drops normally but if you lock the slide back and hit the slide release, once the slide slams forward the hammer drops to the "half cock" position.
Also, anything else in terms of history you may be able to tell me about this Colt would be cool. The rampant colt logo was struck very lightly and is basically invisible, serial # is 5 digits beginning with 101** and it doesn't say "COLT 1911" on it but rather "Model of 1911 U.S. ARMY". My great uncle was a MP in the Military and I believe this was his sidearm in Vietnam.