From: "Peter Sarony", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1911s were quite prone to ADs until they put the firing pin
safety in - or at least that's the myth.
Steve.
Sorry to disagree with you , but I spent over 25 years working on
Government Models, especially the 1911A1 pattern and derivatives, and the
firing pin safety added in the Series 80 Colts was IMHO completely
superfluous. The main cause for AD's with this pattern was the appalling
trigger jobs that many self appointed "pistolsmiths" carried out on them.
One of the most dangerous features was their failure to rebuild the thumb
safety engagement face after having reduced the length of the sear nose by
stoning. This meant that if pressure was applied to the trigger whilst the
safety was engaged, the pistol would fire as soon as the thumb safety was
released. There are many areas that if fooled with will give rise to a slam
fire and even the whole mag getting ripped off in one. However, from the
factory, with the normal GI tolerances, the pistol was a masterpiece of John
Browning design and exceptionally safe, reliable and effective, especially
for something that was essentially designed around the same time as the
Wright brothers were getting their Kitty Hawk off the ground. See how far
flight has come since then, yet until Colt succumbed to pressure from the
Government, the good old Government Model remained largely unchanged from
the original adopted in 1911!
Regards,
Peter Sarony.
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Well, I agree with you - but the lawyers don't. I do actually know a
guy who dropped a 1911A1 (while in the USN<G>) and it did go off when
it landed on the muzzle.
Steve.
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