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Thread: Hammer issuses

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    Hammer issuses

    Hey all,

    A buddy of mine got a hold of a citadel 1911 and when racking the slide the hammer only cocks once in a while. We are new to 1911s. Is there an issue or is it because of not having ammo in the gun?

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    That is not right (it is an issue)

    I would strongly advise not loading it until it is figured out.

    Is this a new pistol?

    Has it been torn down?

    Getting the flat (sear) spring behind the mainspring housing in wrong can cause that (among other things).

    Robert.
    NRA Endowment Life Member.
    The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts. - Edmund Burke 1777

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    Its not brand new only a few rounds put through it and i believe the guy had tore it down recently. He must not have assemble it properly. I will take a look and see. How should the sear be seated properly? Sorry for not knowing to much Ive only ever field stripped a 1911 before.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SeeAreEx
    How should the sear be seated properly?
    It's the sear spring and here's how it looks when properly installed:



    Regards
    When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind. [Lord Kelvin]

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    You are a saint, Dan.
    "Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom." -- President John F. Kennedy

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    Yep,

    Handy with colored pencils too...

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    Yupp....Dan's illustrations have helped me immensely in the past, and still do.
    JIM

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    I could send some of my cave drawings on the back of Starbuck's receipts, but I doubt it would help...Robert

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    Still think Dan's drawings should be collected and stickied. What a resource.
    Trying to find one part of the system on the blueprints is umm uh...challenging.
    Joe

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jolly Rogers
    Still think Dan's drawings should be collected and stickied. What a resource.
    Trying to find one part of the system on the blueprints is umm uh...challenging.
    Joe
    The ones that I have found most important to me, I have printed and put in a file.

    Robert....no thanks....I only take Dunkin Doughnuts receipts.....great coffee and priced for the rank and file.
    JIM

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