I have a Springfield Armory Stainless Loaded 1911 that I've owned for 5 years now.
It's a gun I don't often shoot since I most often prefer to shoot rifles.
I personally removed the ILS by replacing the mainspring housing with an S&A mainspring housing and magwelll combo with the proper internals several years ago.
Last year I wanted to replace the trigger with a Wilson Combat short trigger due to my hand size and also due to the 7lb trigger pull the gun had.
I handed the gun over to the armored at my club who supposedly tunes many a 1911.
When I received it I dry fired it quite a bit and was very happy with the weight and feel of the trigger and left it at that.
Rifle season came around and I got into PRS and some CQB matches where an 8 round mag was a disadvantage so I used my HK45 all summer.
Last month I took the 1911 out of the safe and went to the range to get reacquainted with my old friend.
I shoot the first mag then hit the mag release to reload and nothing is happening.
I manually strip the empty mag to reload, fire off another 8 rounds, push on the mag release and once again the mag doesn't drop free.
It appears that the stirrup or trigger bow is too narrow and must be stretched out not to interfere with the magazine.
I am debating wether to send the gun back to have the stirrup re-curved or do it myself with the tool sold at Brownells.
If I re-curve the trigger how myself will other adjustments need to be made to the trigger?
It seems to me that to have anything done right means that you must do it yourself.
Thanks in advance
It's a gun I don't often shoot since I most often prefer to shoot rifles.
I personally removed the ILS by replacing the mainspring housing with an S&A mainspring housing and magwelll combo with the proper internals several years ago.
Last year I wanted to replace the trigger with a Wilson Combat short trigger due to my hand size and also due to the 7lb trigger pull the gun had.
I handed the gun over to the armored at my club who supposedly tunes many a 1911.
When I received it I dry fired it quite a bit and was very happy with the weight and feel of the trigger and left it at that.
Rifle season came around and I got into PRS and some CQB matches where an 8 round mag was a disadvantage so I used my HK45 all summer.
Last month I took the 1911 out of the safe and went to the range to get reacquainted with my old friend.
I shoot the first mag then hit the mag release to reload and nothing is happening.
I manually strip the empty mag to reload, fire off another 8 rounds, push on the mag release and once again the mag doesn't drop free.
It appears that the stirrup or trigger bow is too narrow and must be stretched out not to interfere with the magazine.
I am debating wether to send the gun back to have the stirrup re-curved or do it myself with the tool sold at Brownells.
If I re-curve the trigger how myself will other adjustments need to be made to the trigger?
It seems to me that to have anything done right means that you must do it yourself.
Thanks in advance