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How do I install new magazine springs?
- Thread starter martin6
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Bill Daniel
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martin6:
I hope this does not waste your time. With a 1911 magazine you compress the spring with any thing that will fit by pressing down on the follower then run a nail or punch through one of the holes just below the follower to capture the spring. The follower can then be lifted out and the spring worked free. The new spring is worked back in (be careful to place it so the last segment is up and forward) compress it and capture it again with the same nail or punch,replace the follower and release the spring.
Hope this helps,
Bill Daniel
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Prosecute criminals to the fullest extent of the law and their weapons will become harmless.
I hope this does not waste your time. With a 1911 magazine you compress the spring with any thing that will fit by pressing down on the follower then run a nail or punch through one of the holes just below the follower to capture the spring. The follower can then be lifted out and the spring worked free. The new spring is worked back in (be careful to place it so the last segment is up and forward) compress it and capture it again with the same nail or punch,replace the follower and release the spring.
Hope this helps,
Bill Daniel
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Prosecute criminals to the fullest extent of the law and their weapons will become harmless.
poke the little hole and slide the base off. When you take off the base, you'll see a chinsy little metal plate that holds the spring in place. It wiggles around once the spring's out. To get that out of the magazine you need to push it up at odd angles & you should be able to pull it out evenutally if you catch it at the right angle. You may need to take that off of the old mag if it isn't included on the new mag spring... so don't mess it up upon removal.
When you put in the new spring, make sure you have the spring turned forward... NOT backwards. THAT'S very important. My slide never locked back when I accidently put it in backwards because it didn't supply enough UP pressure to press the front of the follower up into position to lock the slide back on the last shot. Just set the spring on the table with the base lying on the table, you should be able to figure it out from there which way it goes.
Ben
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[This message has been edited by Ben (edited September 12, 2000).]
When you put in the new spring, make sure you have the spring turned forward... NOT backwards. THAT'S very important. My slide never locked back when I accidently put it in backwards because it didn't supply enough UP pressure to press the front of the follower up into position to lock the slide back on the last shot. Just set the spring on the table with the base lying on the table, you should be able to figure it out from there which way it goes.
Ben
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Almost Online IM: BenK911
ICQ # 53788523
"Gun Control Is Being Able To Hit Your Target" http://ben.gunsnet.net
[This message has been edited by Ben (edited September 12, 2000).]
riddleofsteel
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ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WHEN CHANGING SPRINGS. COMPRESSED SPRINGS/FLOOR PLATES CAN EXIT MAG BODY WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE. YOU ONLY GOT ONE SET OF EYES.
i have a set of safety glasses with a DEEP dent/stratch from the floorplate of a K40 Kahr busting loose. beware.
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what is for lunch.
Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the outcome of the vote.
Let he that hath no sword sell his garment and buy one. Luke 22-36
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. Song of Solomon 3-8
The man that can keep his head and aims carefully when the situation has gone bad and lead is flying usually wins the fight.
i have a set of safety glasses with a DEEP dent/stratch from the floorplate of a K40 Kahr busting loose. beware.
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what is for lunch.
Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the outcome of the vote.
Let he that hath no sword sell his garment and buy one. Luke 22-36
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. Song of Solomon 3-8
The man that can keep his head and aims carefully when the situation has gone bad and lead is flying usually wins the fight.
Ditto what riddleofsteel said...
I was cleaning out my Ruger 15 round mags (which by the way are "standard capacity"--not "high capacity") after an advanced handgun class (they got dropped in grass, dirt, etc.). Slid the base of one magazine and was fiddling with the floor plate. Then....SMACK!!! The metal floor plate and spring ejected out of the mag and hit me right in the brow of one eye. Fortunately, I blinked in time and the floorplate didn't hit squarely in the eye. From now on, I will wear safety glasses.
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Guyon
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I was cleaning out my Ruger 15 round mags (which by the way are "standard capacity"--not "high capacity") after an advanced handgun class (they got dropped in grass, dirt, etc.). Slid the base of one magazine and was fiddling with the floor plate. Then....SMACK!!! The metal floor plate and spring ejected out of the mag and hit me right in the brow of one eye. Fortunately, I blinked in time and the floorplate didn't hit squarely in the eye. From now on, I will wear safety glasses.
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Guyon
NRA & GOA Member
Vote for your rights!!!