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Wilson Combat started using those small radius stops about 2 years ago or a little more.
Anyone run stiffer recoil springs in there Government sized 1911's
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Magnumite
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Good thread. 
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Here's a comparison of firing pin stop radii.
The one on the left has the now standard 7/32nds radius. The one in the middle is cut to approximately 5/64ths. The one on the right is a curiousity. I found it on an early 60s production Colt Commander. (They were all LW Commanders then.) It was smaller than the standard, but larger than the original. I didn't gauge it.
The one on the left has the now standard 7/32nds radius. The one in the middle is cut to approximately 5/64ths. The one on the right is a curiousity. I found it on an early 60s production Colt Commander. (They were all LW Commanders then.) It was smaller than the standard, but larger than the original. I didn't gauge it.
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So this prompts the question in my mind that if you're reducing the hammer's mechanical advantage do you increase wear on it and consequently on its pin and frame hole or does the main spring and hole location eliminate any ill affect? Not expecting a sheared hammer but curious.
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Skyler, I've had stops with the small radius in my Colt beater twins for years and many tens of thousands of rounds without an issue.
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Since this one seems to have petered out, I guess the best way to wrap it up is to say that there are better ways to limit slide to frame impact than with the issues that sometimes...or even often... accompany overspringing the slide.
Browning and his Dream Team of engineers at Colt had it all worked out nicely a bit over a hundred years ago. Then, scarcely seven years later, people who thought they were smarter than those guys started fiddling with it, and it's still happening to this day.
So many people have been trying for so long to outsmart John Browning...they really believe that they have. I used to be one of those. I learned that I couldn't...that he had the answer all along...and that he really did know exactly what he was doing.
Browning and his Dream Team of engineers at Colt had it all worked out nicely a bit over a hundred years ago. Then, scarcely seven years later, people who thought they were smarter than those guys started fiddling with it, and it's still happening to this day.
So many people have been trying for so long to outsmart John Browning...they really believe that they have. I used to be one of those. I learned that I couldn't...that he had the answer all along...and that he really did know exactly what he was doing.
I know I'm late to the show, but Tuner put a small-radius Ed Brown firing pin stop in my SA GI (as part of a larger plan to return all the springs - recoil, mainspring, firing pin spring - into original 1911 spec and de-Californiaize it), and the whole treatment noticeably reduced felt recoil.
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That was an EGW stop, Hacker, and...wow...I guess that's been nearly 7 years ago. I was still in King when you last visited.
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We did put an Ed Brown firing pin in that pistol, now that I recall.
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Beautiful pistol!
My STI longslide .45 has their patented "recoil-master"-sorry don't know what is in per weight rating, in the springs, but it is a dual rate system.
Yes, running too light/used of a recoil spring will batter your unit pretty good, and will show up in your scores eventually.
Experiment with some Wolff spring packages?
My STI longslide .45 has their patented "recoil-master"-sorry don't know what is in per weight rating, in the springs, but it is a dual rate system.
Yes, running too light/used of a recoil spring will batter your unit pretty good, and will show up in your scores eventually.
Experiment with some Wolff spring packages?
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