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Thread: 3 inch 1911s unreliable?

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    Didn't I post that in post # 75?!?!!?
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    This is the same as John posted on March 31. They both work!

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    Quote Originally Posted by rodinal220 View Post
    I don't have a 3" gun but I do have a Colt LWOM(3.5").The gun shortly after I bought it(used) in the late 1980s broke the recoil spring plug and bent the barrel bushing.I replaced the plug with a Ed Brown unit and a Kings barrel bushing,and a Wolff 22lbs recoil spring.The pistol held up and only one minor glitch.Sometimes the slide would not lock back on the last shot and close on an empty chamber.

    Years later I learned you could use a Wolff extra power(11lbs)magazine spring for the full size 7 round mags in the 6 round Colt officers mags.These helped a lot so the mag spring could keep up with the high slide velocity of these short guns.

    These little guns need a little more TLC than their 5" counterparts. I change my recoil spring every 500 rounds and firing pin spring 1k. Mag springs when they show signs of loosing their oomph to keep up.
    Sounds like a classic example of recoil spring bind to me.

    That's not the fun's fault. That's an operator error by using a recoil spring that was too long.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rodinal220 View Post
    No,that is not the case.The recoil spring plug failures are well documented with the Colt Officers Model.The gun came factory stock with the dual spring set up from Colt.That little weld splatter nub Colt put on the recoil spring plug goes in the realm of "what were you thinking???"
    The barrel bushing on the Officers model is thin and not overly robust. Colt improved the design with the Defender then the Agent,both dispensed with the barrel bushing and use a heavier cone barrel. The Officers model uses a smaller cone barrel/bushing system.

    The way I have the LWOM set up now it runs just fine with routine spring changes,Colt should have built it this way.
    I agree with Spyros; else how do you explain the "bent" recoil spring guide?
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    I have seen both a bent recoil spring and a bent full length guide rod on a RIA CS (3.5 in barrel) Ironically RIA puts a very slight bevel on the mid-sized guide rod but not on the CS . If this gun comes back from the factory without the beveled guide rod I am likely to quickly add one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick McC. View Post
    Sounds like a classic example of recoil spring bind to me.

    That's not the fun's fault. That's an operator error by using a recoil spring that was too long.

    The recoil spring was not too long detective. It was the factory dual spring set up from Colt. When the little weld splatter retaining tab on the recoil spring plug failed,the recoil spring guide came forward with sufficient force to hit the rear of the barrel bushing,damaging it.

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