Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2018 0:09:22 GMT -5
......... just about everything there is to know about the old .45 ACP Colt workhorse, I discover something new (to me).
Let's say you're out in the boonies for 3 or 4 days. Somehow or other you drop old Slabsides into a sticky icky mess of god knows what. Cleaning the thing, even with nothing but running water seems very advisable. So you field strip it, and piiing! There goes your recoil spring plug into the regions where you DON'T want to be on your hands and knees, poking here and there for the elusive little devil. What do you do (assuming you didn't bring a spare parts kit and you want your gun back in action NOW)?
Just find yourself an empty case and use it in the place of the recoil spring plug!!! I don't know if John Browning designed the parts that way on purpose, but I know it works. I discovered this by accident while doing a little spring cleaning on my old Colt.
I do NOT know if this will work for 9mm, 10mm, .38 Super, or any other 1911 caliber, and I know it won't work on the bastardized 1911's that have the useless full length recoil spring guide rods, but it works for the GENUWINE 1911 in .45 ACP. It's only a temporary fix, as the barrel bushing will likely rotate as multiple shots are fired and send the empty case downrange (or maybe it won't), but as long as you have an empty case at hand, you can repeat the process.
Let's say you're out in the boonies for 3 or 4 days. Somehow or other you drop old Slabsides into a sticky icky mess of god knows what. Cleaning the thing, even with nothing but running water seems very advisable. So you field strip it, and piiing! There goes your recoil spring plug into the regions where you DON'T want to be on your hands and knees, poking here and there for the elusive little devil. What do you do (assuming you didn't bring a spare parts kit and you want your gun back in action NOW)?
Just find yourself an empty case and use it in the place of the recoil spring plug!!! I don't know if John Browning designed the parts that way on purpose, but I know it works. I discovered this by accident while doing a little spring cleaning on my old Colt.
I do NOT know if this will work for 9mm, 10mm, .38 Super, or any other 1911 caliber, and I know it won't work on the bastardized 1911's that have the useless full length recoil spring guide rods, but it works for the GENUWINE 1911 in .45 ACP. It's only a temporary fix, as the barrel bushing will likely rotate as multiple shots are fired and send the empty case downrange (or maybe it won't), but as long as you have an empty case at hand, you can repeat the process.
