Log Man 1911 mod.

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Venom1956

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So after one of my Dan Wessons was scratched by someone who was a bit to interested in 1911s much to my irritation. (repair suggestions on polished flats are welcome) and Ive been working on another 1911 that has the mark aswell I searched the internet to find the 'log man' slidestop mod.

This idea is just fantastic. I highly recommend anyone interested in avoiding damaging their frame or slide to look it up. It is just blows my mind that it doesnt come standard on every 1911 nowadays.

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I have two G.I. pistols and since they're in spec, it's no problem to just push the slide stop inward, camming the plunger out of the way.
Modern commercial pistols aren't necessarily made to spec, you can run into mislocated plunger tubes, plungers of the wrong length, etc., and that can cause the problems addressed by the logman fix.
I'd prefer that the guns were properly made, in the first place. My new Springfield RO allows pushing the slide stop straight into the frame, as it should be. I have other guns that seem to allow the plunger to cover half the slide stop window, and some sort of tool must be used to depress the plunger.
 
That happened with my very first 1911, and like you said was really aggravating.
But that diminished when I got too close to a barricade with a nail sticking out, during a match.
Much bigger scratch, a gouge actually.
And then both scratches took a back seat to the bulge in the rails, caused by a too small recoil guide rocking back and forth.
Now, I don't sweat the small stuff.
If it shoots, it's fine.
 
It is just blows my mind that it doesnt come standard on every 1911 nowadays.
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If the question is:why doesn't it come standard?
Then the answer is:because removing stock from a part weakens it.
Also this a solution to a problem caused by an out of specs part namely the plunger tube or the plunger.From a design point of view it does not make much sense to change a part's profile to make it work on an out of tolerance system.
If it shoots, it's fine.
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Now that's what I call common sense.
 
Ah the old _ _ _ _ _ mark... sorry to hear that.
My colt series 80 requires use of a small tool to depress the detent, before the slidestop can be pushed straight in.
You have to resist the urge to twist that slide stop when re-assembling
 
Wilson's bullet proof slide stop and some swenson ones have it.

If that notch is made what exactly is weakened doing so? If some stops can have it? It doesn't seem to interfer with any of the pistols interactions as far as I can tell.

Rick that is interesting you say that I've never stripped down a. Older colt so my experience is manly with newer guns. And the plungers are always a bear to deal with. So I thought that it was the norm.
 
The normal (read: everything in spec) way to install the slide stop is to insert it into the lower part of the hole, line up the dismount cutout, then push the slide stop up and in.

FWIW, this is done with no tension on the recoil spring. I watched a clerk in a gun shop struggle to hold the slide against spring tension, line everything up and get the slide stop in place. After the performance, I showed him the proper sequence of assembly.

Jim
 
I did this to my Norinco years ago.Was always a bear to get the get the slide stop in even with the method described. Now straight in.SWEET Would I do it on a vintage colt? NOT!
 
My experience is the same as RickB's in that I've never had trouble re-inserting the slide stop on an old GI pistol or older commercial Colt. But some of the new pistols can be a bit tough to do, and ironically it was a new Springfield Mil-Spec that gave me a bunch of trouble trying to get the slide stop back in. The parts were just too stiff and roughly-finished to allow it to pop into place easily.
 
As others has stated a properly built gun or fitted part will not need the modification to the slide stop like in the picture.

It's also true that the modification does weaken the lug which is prone to breaking.

I've replaced several slide stops with broken lugs; these were forged slide stops.

Best Regards
Bob Hunter
www.huntercustoms.com
 
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