rcmodel
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A guy brought one by today in a paper sack.
He bought it yesterday, apparently unfired.
And took it apart to clean it.
In the process, he pushed the ejector down too far putting the slide back on and it over-road the sear spring and flipped down inside the mag well!!!
Locked up tight, and wouldn't move!! :banghead:
According to the owners manual, you stand the frame upside down with the grips off, and use a screwdriver to pry the flat sear spring in far enough to release the ejector and let it fall back down where it goes.
All good in theory.
But it took me a good 45 minutes to get it back where it belonged.
Then, I put the slide back on, and the gun would not go back in battery by 1/4"!
Another 30 minutes taking the slide off and putting it back on, trying to figure out what was binding up where.
And then suddenly, it started working!!
At this point, I have no idea what was wrong in the first place that I couldn't get the ejector to fall back in place with the sear spring pried out of the way to re-set it??
And even less idea why it wouldn't go into battery the first 16 times I put the slide back on???
IMHO: Colt made a major design error when they did that one!
If you took one apart and let the ejector flip down without a gunsmith & tool box handy?
You would be SOL putting it back together again anytime soon!!
Does the SIG .380 copy have this 'design feature' too???
rc
He bought it yesterday, apparently unfired.
And took it apart to clean it.
In the process, he pushed the ejector down too far putting the slide back on and it over-road the sear spring and flipped down inside the mag well!!!
Locked up tight, and wouldn't move!! :banghead:
According to the owners manual, you stand the frame upside down with the grips off, and use a screwdriver to pry the flat sear spring in far enough to release the ejector and let it fall back down where it goes.
All good in theory.
But it took me a good 45 minutes to get it back where it belonged.
Then, I put the slide back on, and the gun would not go back in battery by 1/4"!
Another 30 minutes taking the slide off and putting it back on, trying to figure out what was binding up where.
And then suddenly, it started working!!
At this point, I have no idea what was wrong in the first place that I couldn't get the ejector to fall back in place with the sear spring pried out of the way to re-set it??
And even less idea why it wouldn't go into battery the first 16 times I put the slide back on???
IMHO: Colt made a major design error when they did that one!
If you took one apart and let the ejector flip down without a gunsmith & tool box handy?
You would be SOL putting it back together again anytime soon!!
Does the SIG .380 copy have this 'design feature' too???
rc
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