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Bought a used Officer's that had been re-worked by Wilson's a few years back(over 10) and have had many problems with it. It has all the Wilson goodies--
Reverse plug,single recoil spring,barrel & bushing,FLG rod,safeties,trigger and 4 leaf sear spring.
Got most of the problems fixed now except for one.
When I got it,it had not been fired much and set in a safe for many years.
The problem I am having is a failure to return to battery. Not as bad now as it was when I first got it.
Empty and well lubed, if you eased the slide foward,it would stop just out of battery and a small push with the finger would make it go the rest of the way.
After shooting it several hundred rds. ,now it will go into battery on its own when you ease the slide forward but you can feel a little snick when it locks up.
Shot it today and sometimes(not often) you can feel a slight delay in lockup.
I had a few times when I noticed the slide was not all the way forward and a small push with a finger sent it home.
This time something was different tho,I had two failures to fire. The primer had very light marks on them.
What I think happened was that the slide was not locked up and pushing the slide forward with the hammer kept the firing pin from getting a full blow.
The snick you feel when easing the slide foward is enough in battery to let you drop the hammer. When you feel it,the slide is less than 1/8 inch out of battery.
The slide stop has a slight drag when you let it hang down free but not more than others I have so I dont think it is riding the link.
WAITING ON TUNER AND FUFF
Reverse plug,single recoil spring,barrel & bushing,FLG rod,safeties,trigger and 4 leaf sear spring.
Got most of the problems fixed now except for one.
When I got it,it had not been fired much and set in a safe for many years.
The problem I am having is a failure to return to battery. Not as bad now as it was when I first got it.
Empty and well lubed, if you eased the slide foward,it would stop just out of battery and a small push with the finger would make it go the rest of the way.
After shooting it several hundred rds. ,now it will go into battery on its own when you ease the slide forward but you can feel a little snick when it locks up.
Shot it today and sometimes(not often) you can feel a slight delay in lockup.
I had a few times when I noticed the slide was not all the way forward and a small push with a finger sent it home.
This time something was different tho,I had two failures to fire. The primer had very light marks on them.
What I think happened was that the slide was not locked up and pushing the slide forward with the hammer kept the firing pin from getting a full blow.
The snick you feel when easing the slide foward is enough in battery to let you drop the hammer. When you feel it,the slide is less than 1/8 inch out of battery.
The slide stop has a slight drag when you let it hang down free but not more than others I have so I dont think it is riding the link.
WAITING ON TUNER AND FUFF