Colt vest pocket .25 problems

[hatchetbearer]

Greetings all,

I recently found a colt vest pocket hiding under some floorboards of an old barn
After cleaning it up and fitting a barrel to the lugs, I have all the pieces put in place.

I tried racking the slide, and dry firing, to no avail, tried chambering a round, and the slide will not come back far enough to chamber, and catches on the forward edge of the rim.

I was thinking either spring could be too long. Thoughts?

 

[stageman]

http://www.coltautos.com/1908vpdi.htm

Maybe this will help. I have one and it shoots perfectly. You have to be careful how you reassemble the sear and trigger/mag disconnects and grip safety if you took the pistol down that far.

 

[hatchetbearer]

I'll give it another look, I took the grip safety and springs out, but I couldn't get the magazine disconnect or trigger out because the trigger pin wouldn't drift.

 

[Jim K]

Sounds like a problem in the firing pin area, maybe a replacement spring or spring guide that is too long.

Jim

 

[hatchetbearer]

would anybody care to measure their firing pin, guide and spring? the actual part of the pin that contacts the primer seems unnessacarily long. protrudes out of the slide a good 1/4" or so.

 

[VA27]

Yeah, it sticks out that far because it's also the ejector. My striker spring is 1 13/16" with 25 coils and the recoil spring is 3 1/2" with 25 coils.

 

[hatchetbearer]

Thanks, I'll measure everything today.