I just took apart a newly aquired 70 series Colt Gold Cup from my father-in-law to clean out 20 years of gunk, grime, and powder residue. To my surprise, one "arm" of the trigger was broken off very close to the trigger. (Broke at the first bend, about 1/16" from the trigger itself) My local gunsmith happened to have a factory replacement for a good price, but the replacement is somewhat thinner at 0.345, whereas the original is slightly oversized at 0.350, and fits better. Is there any chance of welding, soldering, epoxying the old trigger arm (spring metal) back together? Or do I just use the new trigger and smile? I have a digital picture, but can't figure out how to post it here. Oh well.
2nd question, which is probably more important: The frame of this GC has a 1/4" long crack where the dust cover meets the frame on the left hand side just in front of the pin of the lever that holds the slide open. It looks JUST like the crack pictured on page 41 of GUNSMITHING, by Sweeney. Sweeney describes this crack as "insignificant", but my gunsmith disagrees. What are your experiences? Is Sweeney correct? I've replaced the very tired old recoil spring and have matched my loads to the spring. I'm hoping that I can just watch it and see that it never grows.
Thanks for your input,
The Chap
2nd question, which is probably more important: The frame of this GC has a 1/4" long crack where the dust cover meets the frame on the left hand side just in front of the pin of the lever that holds the slide open. It looks JUST like the crack pictured on page 41 of GUNSMITHING, by Sweeney. Sweeney describes this crack as "insignificant", but my gunsmith disagrees. What are your experiences? Is Sweeney correct? I've replaced the very tired old recoil spring and have matched my loads to the spring. I'm hoping that I can just watch it and see that it never grows.
Thanks for your input,
The Chap