BCRider
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The issues seen in the pictures are a reason not to fire the gun until it is checked out. THe state of the barrel bushing should be enough to suggest that. On top of this the fact that the slide is going so far forward suggests that the barrel link and lockup are woefully out of alignment or tune and that there is an excellent chance that the barrel isn't locked into the slide lugs correctly at all. The gun you show in the pictures is full of evidence that it's a handful of parts that only actually met and "shook hands" when first tossed together as a group to assemble this gun. I would not shoot it at all until a smith or someone knowledgeable in 1911's checks it over completely. Otherwise shooting it could produce damage that will be expensive or impossible to fix. Or at worst a failure related to poor assembly could result in an injury.
The fellow you bought it from has all the earmarks of being a liar for saying that he's shot it and it groups well. The barrel bushing fit alone demonstrates that fact.
The fellow you bought it from has all the earmarks of being a liar for saying that he's shot it and it groups well. The barrel bushing fit alone demonstrates that fact.