I have yet to get a response at another site, so I thought I'd try posting here.
My Taurus PT 1911 has developed a hammer follow problem. It doesn't happen often - maybe once or twice per 100 rounds - but it's really annoying, and I'm just about ready to sell the gun over it. I have no room in my safe for any gun that isn't 100% reliable, or can't be made so with minimal effort.
I doubt it matters, but mine is the original blued/black looking model, not the newer stainless steel version.
So, hammer follow. I believe it's been discussed here (and elsewhere) before, involving Taurus 1911s. That is, after firing a round, the hammer ends up in the half-cock position, not all the way back. Naturally, you can't fire a round with the hammer at half-cock. Since the slide has definitely cycled when this condition occurs, the hammer certainly was all the way back at some point. I suppose the hammer being caught at half-cock is the only thing keeping the gun from going cyclic. It seems the sear and the hammer aren't having the chummy relationship they're supposed to have.
The malfunction happens with ammo that works fine in all my other .45s (another 1911, and a couple of other semiautos), which is why I'm convinced it's a gun problem, not an ammo problem.
Previous problems with this gun have included -
-failure to stay open on empty - fixed by a replacement slide lock.
-ejector came loose from frame - fixed by re-staking it.
Sending it in to Taurus for repair isn't an option, unless they pick up the freight. I'm not eating $40+ overnight shipping fees for a gun that's had multiple faults. I'd rather move on.
Before I convert the Taurus to $ at my favorite gun dealer, is there an easy fix for this problem?
My Taurus PT 1911 has developed a hammer follow problem. It doesn't happen often - maybe once or twice per 100 rounds - but it's really annoying, and I'm just about ready to sell the gun over it. I have no room in my safe for any gun that isn't 100% reliable, or can't be made so with minimal effort.
I doubt it matters, but mine is the original blued/black looking model, not the newer stainless steel version.
So, hammer follow. I believe it's been discussed here (and elsewhere) before, involving Taurus 1911s. That is, after firing a round, the hammer ends up in the half-cock position, not all the way back. Naturally, you can't fire a round with the hammer at half-cock. Since the slide has definitely cycled when this condition occurs, the hammer certainly was all the way back at some point. I suppose the hammer being caught at half-cock is the only thing keeping the gun from going cyclic. It seems the sear and the hammer aren't having the chummy relationship they're supposed to have.
The malfunction happens with ammo that works fine in all my other .45s (another 1911, and a couple of other semiautos), which is why I'm convinced it's a gun problem, not an ammo problem.
Previous problems with this gun have included -
-failure to stay open on empty - fixed by a replacement slide lock.
-ejector came loose from frame - fixed by re-staking it.
Sending it in to Taurus for repair isn't an option, unless they pick up the freight. I'm not eating $40+ overnight shipping fees for a gun that's had multiple faults. I'd rather move on.
Before I convert the Taurus to $ at my favorite gun dealer, is there an easy fix for this problem?