[John Holbrook]

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[el Godfather]

Good information.
How often 1911 safety fails? For what reason?

[351 WINCHESTER]

I had a 1911 that discharged when I insereted a fresh mag. and hit the slide release. The hammer followed the slide. I thought that the half cock notch was put there for that very reason, but it did not work.

[The Lone Haranguer]

Where did you find the cutaway pistol? There can't be many of those around.

[Zerodefect]

I had a 1911 that discharged when I insereted a fresh mag. and hit the slide release. The hammer followed the slide. I thought that the half cock notch was put there for that very reason, but it did not work.

Maybe the hammer didn't drop. Maybe a dirty or stuck firing pin caused a slam fire.

[rcmodel]

Maybe a dirty or stuck firing pin caused a slam fire.A stuck firing pin in a 1911 protrudes out of the breechface, and prevents a round from sliding up it to feed out of the magazine.

Only way to get a 1911 to slam-fire due to a stuck firing pin would be to single load a round in the chamber and drop the slide on it.
Then the next round would not feed so it wouldn't go full-auto.

Just another of John Browning's genius design features.

rc

[Zerodefect]

Ahh. Then maybe he has a bad MIM sear.

[Old Fuff]

Cut-away pistols are not common, but there are more then you might think. They were made to train armorers and others.

[Drail]

That gun looks like a custom pistol for steel competition back in the 80s.:D

[Greg528iT]

nice, good to see.

[Got_Lead?]

That's Awsome, thanks for the info.

[allaroundhunter]

Where did you find the cutaway pistol? There can't be many of those around.

John is in the museum business in Montana. In one of his other threads about a WWII 1911 he has his business card.

It doesn't make it easy to find a cutaway, but a little easier to be sure. And John sure loves his 1911's from what I can tell ;)

[cyclopsshooter]

You seem to be missing some parts... I have a used RIA in the shop I'll ship to you for trade. The leftovers on your pistol should make up the difference and you'll be able to shoot again!

[1911Tuner]

That gun looks like a custom pistol for steel competition back in the 80s.

Noticed the tweaked hammer hooks and sear didja? :cool:

[Skylerbone]

You can buy a cutaway from Cylinder & Slide this afternoon if you've got the coin...I'd buy a trio of new Colts instead.