douglas34474
4th February 2008, 09:46
Still working on my SA 1911A1 Loaded. I got my new EGW FPS in Thursday. I had it installed that night. Along with a 16# recoil spring and a 19# main.
First I fit the stop to the frame. When I got the gun the FPS was 0.003" below minimum width; the frame is right at maximum. I got the stop dressed down so that just before the last few strokes with the stone, it would go into place with effort. It took a brass punch to remove it. Half a dozen more strokes and it now it will just slide into place.
The extractor took some work to. The slot in the rear of the extractor was to narrow and not deep enough. Again going slow and easy, the slot was widened out and made deeper so that the FPS just went in.
There is no play at all now.
Went outside and tried it. Three different mags and everything seemed to work fine. On the fourth mag, the last round got caught with the mouth of the case jambed into the hood of the barrel and the rear of the case setting on the breech face of the slide.
Now I had tested the extractor using the loaded and empty case and shaking the slide. When I did that all seemed well. But I remembered reading here that the extractor should be snug going into the slide. Mine would fall out under it's own weight. So a little tweak to increase tension seemed in order.
Now the extractor goes in with a little resistance, but it does not have to be forced into place. Two more mags, no failures. When I first replaced the FPS the cases went from 3:00 to 6:00, anywhere from 2 feet to 10 feet away. After the adjustment they all go at 3:00 and about 6 feet right.
Thanks to all for sharing their knowledge. :)
First I fit the stop to the frame. When I got the gun the FPS was 0.003" below minimum width; the frame is right at maximum. I got the stop dressed down so that just before the last few strokes with the stone, it would go into place with effort. It took a brass punch to remove it. Half a dozen more strokes and it now it will just slide into place.
The extractor took some work to. The slot in the rear of the extractor was to narrow and not deep enough. Again going slow and easy, the slot was widened out and made deeper so that the FPS just went in.
There is no play at all now.
Went outside and tried it. Three different mags and everything seemed to work fine. On the fourth mag, the last round got caught with the mouth of the case jambed into the hood of the barrel and the rear of the case setting on the breech face of the slide.
Now I had tested the extractor using the loaded and empty case and shaking the slide. When I did that all seemed well. But I remembered reading here that the extractor should be snug going into the slide. Mine would fall out under it's own weight. So a little tweak to increase tension seemed in order.
Now the extractor goes in with a little resistance, but it does not have to be forced into place. Two more mags, no failures. When I first replaced the FPS the cases went from 3:00 to 6:00, anywhere from 2 feet to 10 feet away. After the adjustment they all go at 3:00 and about 6 feet right.
Thanks to all for sharing their knowledge. :)