BridgeTooFar
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I was talking to my dad about possibly buying an older Colt 1911 the other day, and he reminded me that he had one that he hadn't shot in "at least a decade". I asked if I could borrow it to test it out for a bit before I bought my own. He replied that I didn't understand; he hadn't used it in many years, so as far as he was concerned it was mine. Pretty freaking stoked about that, to say the least.
I got it home last night, and was stripping it and cleaning it (took a while as my dad liked to shoot lead bullets and just wipe down the outside of his guns when he was done...).
I noticed that the ejector looks fairly different from my other 1911's. I have a Springfield Loaded and a Para GI Expert. Their ejectors have (for lack of a better term) an "extended" ejector that has a little finger that sticks out over the mag well.
The Colt ejector seems to just be a flat piece of metal.
My question is whether this is normal, or if the little "finger" from the Colt has broken off. Dad never had any sort of malfunction with this pistol that he or I are aware of, so I'm thinking it's ok to shoot, but I wanted to give the 1911 gurus here a chance to help assuage my fears.
I've attached pics of the ejector on all three to help me explain what I mean.
Any help is appreciated.
I got it home last night, and was stripping it and cleaning it (took a while as my dad liked to shoot lead bullets and just wipe down the outside of his guns when he was done...).
I noticed that the ejector looks fairly different from my other 1911's. I have a Springfield Loaded and a Para GI Expert. Their ejectors have (for lack of a better term) an "extended" ejector that has a little finger that sticks out over the mag well.
The Colt ejector seems to just be a flat piece of metal.
My question is whether this is normal, or if the little "finger" from the Colt has broken off. Dad never had any sort of malfunction with this pistol that he or I are aware of, so I'm thinking it's ok to shoot, but I wanted to give the 1911 gurus here a chance to help assuage my fears.
I've attached pics of the ejector on all three to help me explain what I mean.
Any help is appreciated.