Lafitte
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I think that the most helpful (and inexpensive) things for you to try are a well fitted barrel bushing and a longer link. These are two things that keep the barrel aligned with the slide (sites).
Lafitte
Lafitte
Colt Combat Government let down
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1911Tuner
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Here is strong indication of a misunderstanding of the link's function.
The link's only function is getting the barrel out of the slide. That's all it's there for.
More than that...the barrel's timing as it drops is critical...and the link's on-center length determines that. Dinking around with different lengths is a good way to turn a simple problem into a very complicated and expensive problem.
200Apples
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I'm throwing my two cents' worth in with1911Tuner: until the machining of the slide lugs can be "blueprinted", anything else done to the gun might well be a waste of time, best case, and, as he's just now noted, messin' with link length can complicate the situation exponentially.
Bummer is that the gun will be out of service for as long as it takes for a good "smithy" to do his job.
I'm throwing my two cents' worth in with1911Tuner: until the machining of the slide lugs can be "blueprinted", anything else done to the gun might well be a waste of time, best case, and, as he's just now noted, messin' with link length can complicate the situation exponentially.
Bummer is that the gun will be out of service for as long as it takes for a good "smithy" to do his job.
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