1911-22 magazine disconnect removal? Anyone?

Orion8472 · Sep 29, 2019

Browning 1911-22 magazine disconnect removal. Has anyone done one on this gun?

saiga308 · Sep 29, 2019

on another forum it appears to lighten the travel or pull on the trigger if you remove it

disconnect out and I think the trigger pull is better

Finally got the mag release out; The trick is that it has to be depressed as far as possible (almost forcibly) to line up the slot to turn the spring guide out. As far as the mag disconnect is concerned, until I can get a spare part for the pistol, I am leaving it alone. I did get the latch portion smoothed out, though, so the mags now slide in and lock without hanging up.

saiga308 · Sep 29, 2019

i assume the same as to done with the 22

ttarp · Sep 29, 2019

I filed the nub off of the mag release button, didn't notice any effects on the trigger. Doesn't take 5 minutes to do with a hand file.

Orion8472 · Sep 30, 2019

I'm going to assume that the only way to do this is to remove the trigger? In other words, partially disassemble the gun?

saiga308 · Sep 30, 2019

Orion8472 said:
I'm going to assume that the only way to do this is to remove the trigger? In other words, partially disassemble the gun?

yeap

These things disassemble just like a full size 1911 except you need tweezers and needle nose pliers to reassemble.

saiga308 · Sep 30, 2019

while at it replace it with a reduced hammer spring from woff or cut off a coil

and polish the sear

with a dremel polisher

saiga308 · Sep 30, 2019

cant find woff reduced spring fot it?
ok order one of these as back up and cut a coil off at a time and check the primer hits to see if it not to lite of the strikes this will cut down the trigger pull a lb or 2
https://www.gunpartscorp.com/gun-manufacturer/browning/auto-pistols-brown/1911-browning?page=2
Mainspring, New Factory Original
Product #: 696570

Part Key: 30
$6.50

Orion8472 · Sep 30, 2019

Actually, the gun works and fires quite well. Trigger feels nice. Just has that ridiculous magazine "safety".

saiga308 · Sep 30, 2019

Orion8472 said:
Actually, the gun works and fires quite well. Trigger feels nice. Just has that ridiculous magazine "safety".

really i would like a lighter trigger myself i bet it

5.5 lbs now just polish the sear then it will smooth it out if any creep now

Orion8472 · Sep 30, 2019

I don't really have the tools or know how to tear a pistol down. I could pay someone to do all that, but I wouldn't be able to do it myself.

saiga308 · Sep 30, 2019

Orion8472 said:
I don't really have the tools or know how to tear a pistol down. I could pay someone to do all that, but I wouldn't be able to do it myself.

ok but.. video time 0:35

ttarp · Oct 1, 2019

The mag release is very simple to remove, just takes a screwdriver.

Orion8472 · Oct 2, 2019

ttarp, I was referring to the magazine safety disconnect.

ttarp · Oct 3, 2019

Orion8472 said:
ttarp, I was referring to the magazine safety disconnect.

Indeed, so was I.

The nub to grind flat on the trigger contacts a similar nub on the mag release, grinding either one works, but its a lot easier to remove the mag release.

ttarp · Oct 3, 2019

Orion8472 · Oct 3, 2019

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ttarp, thank you!! I will give that a try!

Rule3 · Oct 4, 2019

Orion8472 said:
O-8}
ttarp, thank you!! I will give that a try!

"You will always remember your first time"

cheygriz · Oct 4, 2019

Wouldn't it be wonderful if guns were designed by engineers instead of lawyers, and nothing as stupid as a magazine disconnect was even available.

Jackrabbit1957 · Oct 4, 2019

Just did that on my 1911\380, and on an old star model b. I have always hated that ridiculous magazine disconnect.

Orion8472 · Oct 5, 2019

I certainly hate them. I'm going to do the filing tomorrow.

Orion8472 · Oct 17, 2019

Tonight, I did the filing. No more "magazine safety disconnect"! Thanks again, ttarp.

rskent · Oct 18, 2019

saiga308 said:
and polish the sear with a dremel polisher

Saiga, I’m not generally the guy that cautions against working on your own gun. But when you talk about polishing a sear while showing a hammer, I think its time to suggest that you might want to stop and think about what you are doing.

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