I just bought two aluminum main spring housings for a pair of my Colt Officers from Smith and Alexander. I could not believe how far off all the dimensions were.The tube where the mainspring plunger went would not accept the standard Colt parts. I drilled it out to 5/16" and polished it.That fixed that problem. Then I found the the housing would not fit flush with the botton the the frame, it would when no parts were in it but then the housing pin could not be driven in. Has anyone had this experience with their parts? I wonder if they will stand behind them and will let you know. For $35 each I think they should fit real well.
Poor quality of Smith&Alexander,Inc."parts
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oberkommando
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Paid that much or more for my flat checkered Ed Brown, it fit fine but bottom was not flush. There are too many variations in frames to make all the parts fit flush, Terry Tussey says he will machine the parts to fit exactly, like a fitted beaver tail. Yeah that hole thing would have irritated me though. QC aint what it used to be.
Check if they are ISO 9001 compliant
Check if they are ISO 9001 compliant