It's been forever since I had the fun of taking apart a standard Government Model and repairing or just changing parts. Today I had to play with my GSG 1911 22 and was I humbled.
I decided to replace my broken firing pin ( I learned that you cannot dry fire this gun like I do with all my others). I also wanted to replace the sear spring and the safety.
I had no end of problems replacing the sear spring. No matter how I tried I couldn't get the hammer to stay back and the 1/2 cock to function. I spent a few hours and tried 3 different springs. Finally I watched a couple of videos on You Tube and saw where the problem was. After that I got it on the first try. (O.K. as I said it's been a long time for me to take apart a GM).
When I took the safety off the little pin underneath flew into the never to be seen reaches of the garage. I had to wait a few days for the replacement to come in and learned to take apart small pieces while the gun is in a gallon Baggie. This captured the pin a few times until I got it right.
Hopefully I'll get to shoot it tomorrow or Saturday to see how good my build went.
I know, when I get done adding all these new parts to my $300 gun I'll still have a $300 gun but look at all the fun I'm having.
I decided to replace my broken firing pin ( I learned that you cannot dry fire this gun like I do with all my others). I also wanted to replace the sear spring and the safety.
I had no end of problems replacing the sear spring. No matter how I tried I couldn't get the hammer to stay back and the 1/2 cock to function. I spent a few hours and tried 3 different springs. Finally I watched a couple of videos on You Tube and saw where the problem was. After that I got it on the first try. (O.K. as I said it's been a long time for me to take apart a GM).
When I took the safety off the little pin underneath flew into the never to be seen reaches of the garage. I had to wait a few days for the replacement to come in and learned to take apart small pieces while the gun is in a gallon Baggie. This captured the pin a few times until I got it right.
Hopefully I'll get to shoot it tomorrow or Saturday to see how good my build went.
I know, when I get done adding all these new parts to my $300 gun I'll still have a $300 gun but look at all the fun I'm having.