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Colt .22 Conv Unit on Series 80?
- Thread starter JNewell
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Over the past 15 years, Colt has introduced three types of .22 Conversion Units (Ace) for the 1911A1. The first was for the Series 70 and the slide did not have the cut out for the firing pin block safety. The second model was made specifically for the Series 80 and did have the cut out. This unit could also be used for the Series 70. Both of these conversion units featured a steel slide and a Williams' floating chamber which simulated the recoil of the bigger 45 ACP. Flip the slide over and see if there's a cutout for the Series 80 firing pin block. If it doesn't have it, you have to remove the firing pin safety lever from your Series 80 (or modify it) to make it work.
The current unit is an aluminum slide straight blowback job and lacks the floating chamber. It appears to be based on the Ceiner design.
The current unit is an aluminum slide straight blowback job and lacks the floating chamber. It appears to be based on the Ceiner design.
4V50 Gary --
The conversion unit is pretty old; it was my father's when he was a kid (1940s/50s), so it won't have any cutout for the Series 80 safety.
How hard it is to remove the safety?
Is the FP safety in the Series 80s like the mag disconnect in the BHPs, which lots of people remove in order to get a better trigger pull?
The conversion unit is pretty old; it was my father's when he was a kid (1940s/50s), so it won't have any cutout for the Series 80 safety.
How hard it is to remove the safety?
Is the FP safety in the Series 80s like the mag disconnect in the BHPs, which lots of people remove in order to get a better trigger pull?
1st...cock the hammer, remove the manual safety....
2nd....pull trigger while holding the hammer and gently lower the hammer.
3rd....punch out the hammer pin, maybe 1/4...
4th....remove the firing pin safety lever...
5th....push the hammer pin again..
6th...assemble aggain the safety.
period...
2nd....pull trigger while holding the hammer and gently lower the hammer.
3rd....punch out the hammer pin, maybe 1/4...
4th....remove the firing pin safety lever...
5th....push the hammer pin again..
6th...assemble aggain the safety.
period...
Paltik, thanks -- sounds almost like child's work (which means, if I'm lucky, I can do it right!). <|%^p
On a more serious note, just to confirm, there's not mechanical downside to taking the parts out -- nothing else is affected, mechanically? Like on the BHP, removing the mag disconnect?
On a more serious note, just to confirm, there's not mechanical downside to taking the parts out -- nothing else is affected, mechanically? Like on the BHP, removing the mag disconnect?
I didn't realize, until I stripped the Series 80, how relatively simple the Series 80 FP safety parts setup in the receiver is. I took out both "doohickies," although I'm wondering if it isn't worth while having the lower one in -- wouldn't drag on anything but might act like a shim to keep things tight?
[I have now replaced the lower lever so that the disconnector and sear are kept in their intended places on the sear pin.]
Seems pretty clear that with the upper lever gone, I can use the older conversion unit, which is nice.
Thanks, guys!
[This message has been edited by JNewell (edited May 21, 2000).]
[I have now replaced the lower lever so that the disconnector and sear are kept in their intended places on the sear pin.]
Seems pretty clear that with the upper lever gone, I can use the older conversion unit, which is nice.
Thanks, guys!
[This message has been edited by JNewell (edited May 21, 2000).]