Colt 1903 Suppressed

[Dan Forrester]

I’ve been shooting a US Armament reproduction Colt 1903 with an AAC Tirant 9mm suppressor for a couple weeks now and the gun locks open when you manually chamber the first round.

I think what is happening is the extra weight of the suppressor is causing the top edge of the barrel to get caught in the slide cutout where the locking lugs rotate into when the gun is disassembled.

Has anyone else had this problem? Once the first round is chambered it doesn’t happen again. I think it can be fixed by just lightly filing or stoning the barrel hood.

Thanks,

Dan

 

[dogtown tom]

Anyone else?
I would bet the number of people who put a silencer on that gun numbers in the single digits and you are more than half of them.

That said, I wouldn't start filing anything. Use a Dremel if you really want to ruin your gun.

 

[WestKentucky]

@Dan Forrester you know the deal. No posts without pictures. Pretty sure God said that right after telling Adam to leave the one tree in the middle alone, but nobody heard it or wrote it down because Eve was huffing and puffing about being told no for the first time.

I want to see this setup.

 

[dogtown tom]

I really want Dan to get a period correct silencer for that gun, like a Maxim.

Right now he's towing a Jet Ski with a Model T and that just aint right.

 

[Dan Forrester]

Alright here’s a picture.



Other than it getting hung up when chambering the first round the setup runs like a top! The .32 acp in a heavy all steel gun with a relatively long barrel suppresses very well. I recently started reloading .32 acp so I’ve been shooting it a bunch.

A custom retro looking suppressor would look really nice on it. Especially if it had an offset bore so you could see the sights like on the original Maxim.

Dan

 

[CapnMac]

a period correct silencer for that gun

Well, it's a US Armaments version--per OP, so, some leeway ought be given.