Posted: 12/13/2015 3:57:39 PM EDT
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I am kind of new to the 1911. I picked up a Sig Sauer Scorpion 5 inch railed 1911. I love it, it is an amazing handgun. I made a novice mistake and let the recoil spring plug slip and it sailed to the moon no where to be found. So I want to make sure I get one that works.
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Quoted: Check with Cylinder & Slide Quoted: Quoted: Where can one get the original 1911 style plug that stays attached to the spring? My ORM Colt doesn't have it, but it was also built during the malaise era of Colt. Check with Cylinder & Slide Yup. Cylinder and Slide is what I run. Great people, great products. |
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Yep. You will end up with a baggy that contains spare plugs, and another baggy that contains all the FLGR's you've removed but can't quite bring yourself to throw away. Quoted:
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Many of us who have owned 1911s for a long time have spares. Yep. You will end up with a baggy that contains spare plugs, and another baggy that contains all the FLGR's you've removed but can't quite bring yourself to throw away. Or a tray with dividers for a soft-sided tackle box. I have several triggers, grip safeties, guide rods, springs, pins, firing pins, a spare prepped hammer and sear,MSHs, etc. etc. etc. Between dad and I we have collected spare parts since sometime in the '60s. |
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You're not the first and you won't be the last. Quoted:
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Thank you. I felt like such a jackass when it happened and I thought to myself "well, I know I can get a new one but which one?" You're not the first and you won't be the last. Definitely not the first or last. If it becomes habitual take it apart inside a pillow case. |
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Quit tearing down by depressing the plunger tube and turning the barrel bushing.
Instead, pull the slide back to the position where you can remove the slide stop and pull it out. Then slowly let the slide move forward. Remove the spring from the assembly and let the plug move back and slide the barrel forward. Then turn the barrel bushing on the minor OD of the barrel instead of the fitted major OD so you won't wear out the fit. That's the way bullseye and IPSC shooters with fitted barrel and bushings have been doing it forever. Of course they have to turn the bushing with a bushing wrench but you won't loose plunger tubes that way. Replace everything in reverse. |