1911 : Mainspring / Sear Spring

["DoubleAction"]

Found another message on another Forum, referring to the Sear Spring as the Mainspring in a 1911:

Quote: As for your 1911, the best I can think of is to pull it down to the frame and make sure its all clean inside. Maybe a new mainspring would help too. (the flat one in the frame) End of Quote

" The Flat one in the Frame"

I'm glad to have the esteemed pleasure of being part of a forum with members who know that the mainspring in a 1911, also sometimes referred to as the Hammer Spring, is housed in ( Where Else ? ) the Mainspring Housing ;D. The " Flat One in the Frame", also known as the "Sear Spring", provides pressure to the Sear, Disconnector, and Grip Safety, which also transfers it's energy indirectly to the trigger.
Those guys still cannot get it right ;D, And they're advising others ;D ;D ;D. And they call me stupid.

[TBT]

;D

Which forum is this again? Funny tho ...

[TMan]

DoubleAction said:

... And they call me stupid.

Hey, they say the same thing about President Bush too; I guess that puts you in good company.

Never forget the first time I pressed the sear spring out of my Browning Hi-Power. The sear went flying, and I found it easily and then looked all over for the sear spring - to no avail. Then I looked a little closer, and dove for the manual. What!!! A leaf-spring!!! Nothing like looking in the manual prior to taking something apart.

["DoubleAction"]

TMan; Same thing happened to me when I first took down a Gold Cup National Match. I had everything covered, knew all the parts, their functional purpose, everything ( I thought ). I was taking the sear pin from the frame when something went flying across the table. I found the sear depressor lever but did not know what it was. I went to an old diagram on the Gold Cup to find it was called a sear depressor. I found the tiny spring and began the process of figuring out how it set, and how to get it back in. Only the Gold Cup National Match has these tiny springs and levers.

["DoubleAction"]

TBT said:

;D

Which forum is this again? Funny tho ...

TBT; Believe it or not, I found it on their :

"Welcome to the 1911 discussion forum"