gray wolf
17th July 2008, 17:33
Went shooting today with my SA 1911A-1 loaded. This pistol has a welded up safety that SA did last Nov. They did some repair work and when I got it back the safety would give me a click when I released it and pulled the hammer back ( sear would move off hammer ) The dreaded click. OK it went back to SA and they welded it up and the problem was fixed.
Today when shooting I would fire one round and then the pistol would not fire. I checked to make sure that it had returned to battery --all OK there. I clicked the safety on and off and was able to fire another round and then it would not fire again. My friend fired it and there was no problem. I felt it was something with the safety. So the next five mags I used the thumb over safety grip and all was fine. As long as I held the safety down it was OK.
When I got home I ran all the test I know how to do--checked it with dummy rounds. What I found was that the safety would disable the pistol when it was moved 1/16 of an inch in the up position. Know Ware near the safety locked up position. So if my grip was a little high and the least amount of pressure was put on the safety lever it would not fire.
I have fired many,many rounds with this pistol and never had a problem like this. I know I should not have my grip put pressure on the thumb safety --but this seems just a little so sensitive if perhaps in a hasty situation a little pressure is applied to the T/S I don't think is should disable the pistol.
Any thoughts on this would be helpful. Perhaps a little more pressure on the spring in the plunger tube.
Thank you
Gray Wolf
Today when shooting I would fire one round and then the pistol would not fire. I checked to make sure that it had returned to battery --all OK there. I clicked the safety on and off and was able to fire another round and then it would not fire again. My friend fired it and there was no problem. I felt it was something with the safety. So the next five mags I used the thumb over safety grip and all was fine. As long as I held the safety down it was OK.
When I got home I ran all the test I know how to do--checked it with dummy rounds. What I found was that the safety would disable the pistol when it was moved 1/16 of an inch in the up position. Know Ware near the safety locked up position. So if my grip was a little high and the least amount of pressure was put on the safety lever it would not fire.
I have fired many,many rounds with this pistol and never had a problem like this. I know I should not have my grip put pressure on the thumb safety --but this seems just a little so sensitive if perhaps in a hasty situation a little pressure is applied to the T/S I don't think is should disable the pistol.
Any thoughts on this would be helpful. Perhaps a little more pressure on the spring in the plunger tube.
Thank you
Gray Wolf