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I put another 200 rounds through my new CBOB. So far she's been awesome.
Shot 100 rounds of 230 grn FMJs & 100 rounds of 185 grn HPs. After 30 rounds of the FMJs I noticed that I was pulling the trigger a bit & it felt heavy. I used a trigger scale & was surprised to see it was breaking at 3#'s. I felt that the heaviness was from a burr on one of the trigger parts. After a little discussion w/ a buddy, it was decided to stone the internals a bit just to clean it up & smoothen the pull. My buddy has an old honing stone that feels like thick construction paper. I put a couple drops of militec on it and started polishing. It didn't take long to basically polish out all the appropriate parts & contact points. Reassembled my gun and re-measured the trigger pull. To my surprise, it's now 2.5#'s and like buddah.
Well, the remaining rounds went by really quickly and every round went right where I point it. The pull I had is gone! At 50' all shots can be covered w/ a quarter. I honestly thought I was missing the target because I wasn't seeing any new holes. Yup, I'm a satisfied owner of a DW 1911
As far as fit & finish. Fit is tight and surprisingly very good for what I look at as a production gun (like Colt, SA, Kimber, SIG, & Taurus)...I hold it on par w/ guns more considered semi-custom.
Finish is a slight mixed bag. I'm thinking that if this gun were finished properly I wouldn't have had this burr issue, but outwardly, she's a beauty. Out of 100, I'd give her an 89. Good parts, quality assembly, very good shooter...a great value!
Shot 100 rounds of 230 grn FMJs & 100 rounds of 185 grn HPs. After 30 rounds of the FMJs I noticed that I was pulling the trigger a bit & it felt heavy. I used a trigger scale & was surprised to see it was breaking at 3#'s. I felt that the heaviness was from a burr on one of the trigger parts. After a little discussion w/ a buddy, it was decided to stone the internals a bit just to clean it up & smoothen the pull. My buddy has an old honing stone that feels like thick construction paper. I put a couple drops of militec on it and started polishing. It didn't take long to basically polish out all the appropriate parts & contact points. Reassembled my gun and re-measured the trigger pull. To my surprise, it's now 2.5#'s and like buddah.
Well, the remaining rounds went by really quickly and every round went right where I point it. The pull I had is gone! At 50' all shots can be covered w/ a quarter. I honestly thought I was missing the target because I wasn't seeing any new holes. Yup, I'm a satisfied owner of a DW 1911
As far as fit & finish. Fit is tight and surprisingly very good for what I look at as a production gun (like Colt, SA, Kimber, SIG, & Taurus)...I hold it on par w/ guns more considered semi-custom.
Finish is a slight mixed bag. I'm thinking that if this gun were finished properly I wouldn't have had this burr issue, but outwardly, she's a beauty. Out of 100, I'd give her an 89. Good parts, quality assembly, very good shooter...a great value!
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