CedarGrove357
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I searched the forums, and found nothing related to my issue, perhaps some of the more seasoned smiths may help out. As part of my schooling, my instructor is encouraging me to resource resolutions for this issue.
I am building a 1911 from scratch for school. All our parts were sourced by the school and require smith level fitting to function. I built the firearm and have successfully shot it, and its passed all of the safety tests. However, it has one really annoying problem and I cannot seem to resolve it on my own.
When the frame is held in the left hand, right hand on top of the slide with the thumb on the serrations, effectively putting pressure to the left behind the ejection port, the slide cycles fine. If I switch hands, the slide will stop about 1/8" back. Here's the annoying part, if I torque the slide with my hand to replicate the pressure from my right hand, the slide will cycle.
My hypothesis is focused on the feet of the barrel. I've been able to reproduce the issue with only the slide lock, disconnector and barrel installed. When I blacken the feet and create the issue to see where the slide stop is landing on the feet, the only marks are at the back of the feet behind the barrel lug as they should be. The marks also appear even, and no other marks are evident through the travel of the barrel lug.
What could I be missing?
I am building a 1911 from scratch for school. All our parts were sourced by the school and require smith level fitting to function. I built the firearm and have successfully shot it, and its passed all of the safety tests. However, it has one really annoying problem and I cannot seem to resolve it on my own.
When the frame is held in the left hand, right hand on top of the slide with the thumb on the serrations, effectively putting pressure to the left behind the ejection port, the slide cycles fine. If I switch hands, the slide will stop about 1/8" back. Here's the annoying part, if I torque the slide with my hand to replicate the pressure from my right hand, the slide will cycle.
My hypothesis is focused on the feet of the barrel. I've been able to reproduce the issue with only the slide lock, disconnector and barrel installed. When I blacken the feet and create the issue to see where the slide stop is landing on the feet, the only marks are at the back of the feet behind the barrel lug as they should be. The marks also appear even, and no other marks are evident through the travel of the barrel lug.
What could I be missing?