Gregory Gauvin
New member
I know I'm not probably suppose to do this, but was wondering if any of you have had done this and/or the ill effect of doing so.
My thumb safety positively would lock on and off with a distinctive click, however, compared to my other 1911s, they seemed to be a bit more solid. Much more firm. I prefer a nice "click" on and off, rather than a meager click click. So, naturally, I'm probably going to get scorned for not replacing the plunger spring with a wolf / heavy duty or brand name spring.
What I did was measure the length of my plunger spring, and ever so gently gave it a bit of a tug and lengthened it just a bit. I reinstalled my thumb safety, slide stop and plungers, and have a very solid, positive on off click of my safety to my utmost liking.
Stretching springs is a no, no. But my results seem satisfactory. Is what I did OK? I didn't monkey stretch the spring. Anyone else perform this operation? Thanks.
My thumb safety positively would lock on and off with a distinctive click, however, compared to my other 1911s, they seemed to be a bit more solid. Much more firm. I prefer a nice "click" on and off, rather than a meager click click. So, naturally, I'm probably going to get scorned for not replacing the plunger spring with a wolf / heavy duty or brand name spring.
What I did was measure the length of my plunger spring, and ever so gently gave it a bit of a tug and lengthened it just a bit. I reinstalled my thumb safety, slide stop and plungers, and have a very solid, positive on off click of my safety to my utmost liking.
Stretching springs is a no, no. But my results seem satisfactory. Is what I did OK? I didn't monkey stretch the spring. Anyone else perform this operation? Thanks.