1911 people

Buy some snap caps, and have someone load your mags using one or two snap caps randomly mixed with the live ammo. That will show you if you are jerking or anticipating, or if you are getting a smooth trigger pull and follow-through. Also lets you practice your clearing drill to eject the snap cap and get to the next round.
 
1stmar said:
For an officers model it is recommended to use a reverse plug.
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The OP hasn't been back since 8:30 on Thursday evening. However, my sense from a couple of his follow-up posts is that he doesn't really have an Officers ACP (Colt), he actually has some newer pistol of another brand that has a 3-1/2" barrel. I don't know of any 3-1/2" 1911s being sold today that don't already have a reverse recoil spring plug.
 
OP's original question related to shooting accuracy and his pics would indicate
that he's improving so the pointers helped.Then he asks:
Someone mentioned to me that I should get a keyed or supported reverse plug to help with keeping the barrel snug and increase accuracy?
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Either his pistol is not equipped with one or there is some confusion as to the
reverse plug function.The pistol's make is immaterial provided is a 1911 and he makes that clear.Those two issues can be addressed regardless of manufacturer.
 
Damn people i get that your trying to help but being in law enforcement i get stuck at work and can't always get to the computer. I have a metro arms American classic amigo which is a 3.5" barrel.


My reverse plug question was just because someone mentioned to me that they aid in keeping the barrel tight thus helping accuracy. One of the biggest issues I've run into with this pistol is finding a replacement spring that fits.i had cut my wolff officers model spring down by 2 cils for it to work on my pistol.the current spring doesn't have a tapered end and the new spring does so i had to cut the taper out.
 
polyphemus said:
Either his pistol is not equipped with one or there is some confusion as to the reverse plug function.The pistol's make is immaterial provided is a 1911 and he makes that clear.Those two issues can be addressed regardless of manufacturer.
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The make (and model) of the pistol is (are) NOT immaterial. The only two companies who have used a keyed reverse recoil spring plug on their 3-1/2" 1911s are Colt (the Officers ACP) and Para-Ordnance (the early P12.45). The Officers ACP has been out of production for nearly twenty years, and Para abandoned the Colt-style recoil plug back in the mid-2000s. By not identifying the make and model, the OP created confusion as to pistol configuration.

The Metro Arms Amigo does not have a barrel bushing, therefore it MUST have a reverse recoil spring plug from the factory. dal22ses, I don't think you need a new recoil spring plug. I think you obtained bad advice by referring to your pistol as an Officers. The Colt Officers ACP had a reverse recoil spring plug that was not retained by a full flange at the rear, but just a very small tab that indexed into a notch in the slide spring tunnel. I haven't seen it, but many people report having had that tab shear off, launching the plug and spring down-range.

However, I suspect that if you field strip your pistol, it will either have a flanged plug already, or (more likely) it will have the newer dual spring, "encapsulated" recoil spring assembly. Either way, you don't need a new plug.
 
dal22ses said:
One of the biggest issues I've run into with this pistol is finding a replacement spring that fits.i had cut my wolff officers model spring down by 2 cils for it to work on my pistol.the current spring doesn't have a tapered end and the new spring does so i had to cut the taper out.
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Another example of why it IS important to refer to your pistol by the proper name.

The Colt Officers ACP used a dual spring-within-a-spring recoil system. A standard 1911 recoil spring guide is .330" in diameter. To fit dual springs into the space normally occupied by one, on the Officers ACP Colt used a recoil spring guide with a diameter of .250".

Wolff does not service the dual springs for the Colt Officers ACP. Instead, they sell a single spring with one end wound down to fit the .250" guide rod. Para-Ordnance, on the other hand, never used a dual spring so their P12.45 (the early ones) had a .330" diameter guide rod and Wolff supplies a spring for those that doesn't have the back end wound tighter.

http://www.gunsprings.com/Semi-Auto Pistols/PARA-ORDNANCE/P-12/cID1/mID48/dID193
 
My original spring from my metro arms American classic amigo does not have a spring that is wound tighter at one end nor does it have a dual spring set up
 
dal22ses said:
My original spring from my metro arms American classic amigo does not have a spring that is wound tighter at one end nor does it have a dual spring set up
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I understand that. And that's why referring to your pistol as an Officers created confusion.

To reiterate, Wolff DOES have the spring you need:

Aguila Blanca said:
Wolff does not service the dual springs for the Colt Officers ACP. Instead, they sell a single spring with one end wound down to fit the .250" guide rod. Para-Ordnance, on the other hand, never used a dual spring so their P12.45 (the early ones) had a .330" diameter guide rod and Wolff supplies a spring for those that doesn't have the back end wound tighter.
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http://www.gunsprings.com/Semi-Auto Pistols/PARA-ORDNANCE/P-12/cID1/mID48/dID193
 
Not to belabor the point,but once again.
Someone mentioned to me that I should get a keyed or supported reverse plug to help with keeping the barrel snug and increase accuracy
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Where does a "keyed or supported reverse plug" keep the barrel snug and increase accuracy irrespective of pistol make?
 
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