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Post by "DoubleAction" on Jul 18, 2004 21:27:38 GMT -5
With the Series 70 or older Colts, and some others, the firing pin is captured in the slide by the Firing Pin Stop. When a firing pin stop becomes worn it can drop before the firing pin has time to return, causing the stop to lock the slide behind the hammer as the slide retracts. A worn stop can also cause the extractor to turn, since the stop also serves to keep the extractor squared and in postion.
The EGW ( Evolution Gun Works ) Oversize Firing Pin Stop allows exact fitting of the stop to the slide.The EGW Stop is also available for the Series 80 Colts, with the internal firing pin safeties.
I found out about this stop after experiencing my first firing pin stop failure and slide lockup with my Colt Combat Commander, some years ago.
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Post by klmhq on Jul 18, 2004 22:48:09 GMT -5
You know, it's little things like that make me NOT want to use 1911s.
You guys keep gushing about how great they are, but geez, you never hear about something like this with a 9mm.
I know, I know, it's a rare event and something equaly drastic can happen to any firearm. But, except for the occasional exploding Glock, you don't hear very much about catastrophic failures (like accidental full auto fire) with other firearms.
It's going to take a lot of convincing to get me into a 1911.
Am I being unreasonable or is there something to this?
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Post by "DoubleAction" on Jul 19, 2004 7:29:41 GMT -5
klmhq; I understand fully about what you are talking about. I post these small bits of information based on issues that I might have encountered with one of my own 1911s, which I now use as points of inspection for preventing the same thing from happening again. By sharing this information, I just pass it on to someone, somewhere, for which it might some day apply.
The 1911 that this happened with was well shot over a period of twenty years, and it still had the original factory stop in it when it failed.
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Post by "DoubleAction" on Jul 19, 2004 8:42:55 GMT -5
Something to take note on about the Firing Pin Stop dropping; I've seen where some manufacturers and pistolsmiths drill a hole in the Firing Pin Stop, through the slide and countersinking a set screw to secure the stop. I'm not very fond of this because I like to clean my firing pin after every shooting session, and the use of a set screw might compromise a positive hammer strike on the pin, should the screw ever come loose.
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Post by TA on Dec 2, 2007 16:47:12 GMT -5
I agree. A properly fitted stop is better than one held by a set screw. Here is an interesting tool to help get those tight firing pin stops off. It is the last tool on this page. www.sdmfabricating.com/Tools/tools.htm |
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Post by "DoubleAction" on Dec 2, 2007 17:39:14 GMT -5
TA; Just when you think all the bases are covered, up comes another neat idea. I like how it presses in on the firing pin because it always takes one hand to press in on the firing pin, one hand to hold the punch, and one hand to hold the hammer to tap the punch, which moves the stop. A total of three hands.
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