Tom Servo
Member
Hi all. I've got a S&W 1911PD with about 700 rounds through. So far, so good: excellent, reliable and accurate.
When I was cleaning it today, I pushed the trigger back while wiping out the triggerguard, and the hammer fell, even though the grip safety wasn't depressed. I checked again (I don't want to do this any more for fear of grinding something), and sure enough, the gun can (presumably) be fired without the grip safety being disengaged. It's a hard pull, I'd say about 10-12lbs.
I've never had a 1911 that did this. Now, between rule #3 and the manual safety, it shouldn't be much of a safety issue, but is this something that needs to be addressed? Does it sound like it's just the grip safety, or might I have to send it back? From what I've heard, most of the 1911PDs have very stiff grip safeties, and one thing I noticed from the beginning was that this one required very little pressure to disengage.
Just seems really odd. Are there some 1911s that do this?
When I was cleaning it today, I pushed the trigger back while wiping out the triggerguard, and the hammer fell, even though the grip safety wasn't depressed. I checked again (I don't want to do this any more for fear of grinding something), and sure enough, the gun can (presumably) be fired without the grip safety being disengaged. It's a hard pull, I'd say about 10-12lbs.
I've never had a 1911 that did this. Now, between rule #3 and the manual safety, it shouldn't be much of a safety issue, but is this something that needs to be addressed? Does it sound like it's just the grip safety, or might I have to send it back? From what I've heard, most of the 1911PDs have very stiff grip safeties, and one thing I noticed from the beginning was that this one required very little pressure to disengage.
Just seems really odd. Are there some 1911s that do this?