valor1
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I had a newly-built 1911 pistol made mostly from Ed Brown parts. I believe my gunsmith did a splendid job building it. I made some safety checking on the pistol and it went out okay.
- Performed Thumb safety check by doing the following: cock hammer, engage safety and pulled the trigger and the hammer didn’t drop. Then disengaged the thumb safety and the hammer still didn’t drop. Guess this is OK.
- Performed Grip Safety check by doing the following: cock the hammer, thumb safety off, grip safety off, pulled the trigger and hammer didn’t fell off. Guess this is OK again.
This is where the concern exists. While holding on to the gun with the grip safety depressed and the thumb safety off, with my trigger finger off, I proceeded to rack the slide back and release it. I was just thinking of probably loosening up the tight fit. After racking the slide and releasing it (like a slingshot) on the 15th time, the hammer went into half-cock. I then proceeded to fully cock the hammer and went into racking the slide like a slingshot. After a couple of tries, the hammer went into half-cock again. Is this normal or should I pay my gunsmith a visit again? Thanks for all your help guys.
- Performed Thumb safety check by doing the following: cock hammer, engage safety and pulled the trigger and the hammer didn’t drop. Then disengaged the thumb safety and the hammer still didn’t drop. Guess this is OK.
- Performed Grip Safety check by doing the following: cock the hammer, thumb safety off, grip safety off, pulled the trigger and hammer didn’t fell off. Guess this is OK again.
This is where the concern exists. While holding on to the gun with the grip safety depressed and the thumb safety off, with my trigger finger off, I proceeded to rack the slide back and release it. I was just thinking of probably loosening up the tight fit. After racking the slide and releasing it (like a slingshot) on the 15th time, the hammer went into half-cock. I then proceeded to fully cock the hammer and went into racking the slide like a slingshot. After a couple of tries, the hammer went into half-cock again. Is this normal or should I pay my gunsmith a visit again? Thanks for all your help guys.