tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post6691815813311203417..comments2024-03-29T07:16:56.810+00:00Comments on Sean Linnane: FIELD-STRIPPING YOUR 1911STORMBRINGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18405613458419510116noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-27522093345771813732011-04-05T05:05:11.975+01:002011-04-05T05:05:11.975+01:00Being knowledgeable on every detail of your firear...Being knowledgeable on every detail of your firearm goes a long way in making sure that everything is up to par in terms of performance. Man, watching guys like you taking care of their guns amazes me to no end, also, when I saw my friend field stripping some of his arms at his basement, and the sight of him carefully checking everything while cleaning the parts like a watch repairman started my fascination for guns.Alex Gallettihttp://www.kgcoatings.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=8&pg=1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-9433829548598541932010-11-09T11:51:35.637+00:002010-11-09T11:51:35.637+00:00Don't even need to change 'em - I got a pa...Don't even need to change 'em - I got a pair of 7-round Colt magazines out of an arms room sometime in the 80's . . . they probably date back to World War II, or at least Korea . . . I was having problems with failure to feed, so I just disassembled the mag's, stretched out the springs real good a couple times (just like we used to do with our M16 mags), re-assembled and whaddya know they shoot good as new.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />S.L.STORMBRINGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18405613458419510116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-28886966537712347352010-11-09T08:01:36.772+00:002010-11-09T08:01:36.772+00:00If you have a barrel bushing push the muzzel down ...If you have a barrel bushing push the muzzel down on the wrench and turn the pistol and lift up. No flying parts.<br />Mags- I use a carpenters pencil, push the follower to the bottom, pin it, clean/oil the tube, pencil down, pull pin, ease up, done.<br />Unless a mag is full of mud why take it apart? ['cept to change springs every ten years]Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05684179171065794525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-211961008573850992010-11-08T18:47:46.817+00:002010-11-08T18:47:46.817+00:00But I would add, in step 5, to keep your hand over...But I would add, in step 5, to keep your hand over (or under, depending on how you hold the gun) the space between slide and frame because, when you slide them apart, the recoil spring and especially the recoil spring plug are gonna go flying.Ed Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332424242231481277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-45291321881549733612010-11-08T18:43:29.664+00:002010-11-08T18:43:29.664+00:00I had to replace the recoil spring in my wad gun (...I had to replace the recoil spring in my wad gun (1911) yesterday mid-match because the old one had taken a "set" and just wasn't putting the new round all the way in. Knowing the drill from lots of cleanings, the replacement took about one minute to install.<br />The breakdown and reassembly you have provided is definitely something every 1911 owner should know.Ed Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332424242231481277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-70282588710347306522010-11-08T06:32:42.264+00:002010-11-08T06:32:42.264+00:00Took me time to read all the comments, but I reall...Took me time to read all the comments, but I really enjoyed the article.<a href="http://www.bagsbeauty.com" rel="nofollow">audemars piguet watches</a>suanhttp://www.idolreplicas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-7734932879791433532010-11-08T06:09:25.242+00:002010-11-08T06:09:25.242+00:00Tripp builds his Cobra mags (Better than any other...Tripp builds his Cobra mags (Better than any others IMHO) that hold 7 for Officer/Commander/Compact.<br /><br />Welded or Removable base, depending on your tastes.<br /><br />Other "name people" mags are close, but they don't have a steel insert where the followers hit the slide lock, meaning I've never seen a Tripp follower fail, but I've seen (INSERT FAVORITE MORE KNOWN SPENDY MAG NAME HERE) fail more than once.<br /><br />Good dude and good magazines.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230665595988628546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-42906250217461074522010-11-08T02:39:05.433+00:002010-11-08T02:39:05.433+00:00When I was a Ranger Instructor (RI) I heard a fell...When I was a Ranger Instructor (RI) I heard a fellow RI tell a student "there no such thing as a stupid question, but some questions are better left un-ask, and that was a question better left un-ask".<br />RLTWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com