AlexanderA
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I just bought a new R.I.A. brand 1911 clone (made in the Philippines by Armscor).
It has a strange quirk in the safety mechanism. When the hammer is cocked, and the thumb safety applied, the hammer slips off the sear, goes forward a bit, and is held by the thumb safety. Afterwards, the thumb safety cannot be moved to the "fire" position unless the hammer is again fully cocked by hand. This is not necessarily a dangerous situation (the gun still cannot fire unintentionally), but it's at least inconvenient to have to cock the hammer by hand each time the safety is applied.
Replacement of the hammer, safety, sear, and disconnector with the equivalent G.I. parts cured the problem. The G.I. safety, as designed, cams the hammer back off the sear and does not drop it forward.
I'm not sure if this is just a "sample defect" or is a problem with the design. Has anyone else run into this with an R.I.A./Armscor gun?
(FWIW, I'm not returning this under warranty because I intended to upgrade it with G.I. parts anyway.)
It has a strange quirk in the safety mechanism. When the hammer is cocked, and the thumb safety applied, the hammer slips off the sear, goes forward a bit, and is held by the thumb safety. Afterwards, the thumb safety cannot be moved to the "fire" position unless the hammer is again fully cocked by hand. This is not necessarily a dangerous situation (the gun still cannot fire unintentionally), but it's at least inconvenient to have to cock the hammer by hand each time the safety is applied.
Replacement of the hammer, safety, sear, and disconnector with the equivalent G.I. parts cured the problem. The G.I. safety, as designed, cams the hammer back off the sear and does not drop it forward.
I'm not sure if this is just a "sample defect" or is a problem with the design. Has anyone else run into this with an R.I.A./Armscor gun?
(FWIW, I'm not returning this under warranty because I intended to upgrade it with G.I. parts anyway.)