Mike Irwin
Staff
I was messing with my Springfield Armory 1911-A1 Milspec the other day, and noticed that it has a REALLY pronounced "hitch" when the slide is returning into battery.
I finally tracked this down to the disconnector stud.
Quite frankly, I don't know what this part should look like, and my experience with .45s is pretty limited, so I don't know how the slide should "feel" when it is going back into battery and depressing the disconnnector.
I've been having some failures to feed lately, but I'm pretty certain that has to do with crimp issues.
But, could the disconnector slow the slide down enough to cause this?
Should I be able to feel a "hitch" when the slide goes back into battery? It feels almost as if the slide is trying to catch, and stick; it doesn't feel like it's trying to smoothly push the disconnector out of the way.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
I finally tracked this down to the disconnector stud.
Quite frankly, I don't know what this part should look like, and my experience with .45s is pretty limited, so I don't know how the slide should "feel" when it is going back into battery and depressing the disconnnector.
I've been having some failures to feed lately, but I'm pretty certain that has to do with crimp issues.
But, could the disconnector slow the slide down enough to cause this?
Should I be able to feel a "hitch" when the slide goes back into battery? It feels almost as if the slide is trying to catch, and stick; it doesn't feel like it's trying to smoothly push the disconnector out of the way.
Any thoughts are appreciated.