Posted: 8/14/2004 2:34:31 PM EDT
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I just bought a Springfield "Loaded" 1911, and I can't, for the lilfe of me, figure out how to take the thing apart. I already own a Springfield GI Mil-Spec, and can take it apart blindfolded, but this new one is way complicated. I follow the directions, all the way to the part where it tells me to push the recoil spring guide foward and put a pin in the hole. I can't find a hole to put a pin in. It can't go any farther. There's no hole. Is there any other way to take it apart? |
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Unload it. Drop the hammer (only purpose is to tension the slide forward) Use your bushing wrench or even the side of the magazine body on the very edge of the cap to push the guide rod cap in flush with the front of the slide while rotating the bushing to the point where it allows the cap to come free. CAREFULLY release the tension on the guide rod cap - theres nothing but you holding it in place now. Move the slide back to where the slide stop recess is, and push the slide stop out. Move the slide forward and off the frame. Pull out the recoil spring. Rotate and remove the bushing Lift the guide rod out through the open bottom of the slide. Slide the barrel out the front of the slide. |
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A'ight, I stopped reading the manual, and just played with it, and got it apart. I bought the full-sized loaded model, in OD Green. I took the 4mm allen head and unscrewed the guide rod about half-way, then disassembled the pistol. That worked. Went and bought a big t-handle 4mm hex key today, for the same purpose. Another question, for anyone with a 1911 with a FLGR: If you ride the slide down on an empty chamber, slowly, does the pistol fail to go into battery? Mine does. I think I'm gonna take it the FLGR out soon. I see no advantages beyond the novelty of it. |