I think I posted before about this but I'm still trying to decide what to do.
Somehow I managed to buy TWO brand new non-functioning Colts. I purchased a WW1 reissue and then a Series 70 repro a month later.
They both have around 450 rounds through them and continue to be jam-o-matics. I use nothing but WWB round nose and the factory Colt magazines that came with the guns.
The WW1 reissue fails to feed the last round from the magazine every time.
The S70 jams at different times and in various ways (ftf, stovepipe, etc).
I have installed some Tripp Research mag springs and hybrid followers in the Colt mags but have not tried them yet. The problem is that I don't want to solve the gun issue by improving the mags, if there's something wrong with the guns, I want it fixed. (I ordered two new Wilson extractors but they're backordered).
So I really don't want to send them back to Colt and wait several months for them to fix the guns that should have been fully functional to begin with.
I want to get peoples' opinions of Wilson Combat custom work. They offer a "complete reliability package," for $165 which includes:
polish feed ramp
throat barrel
polish and adjust extractor
polish breach face
adjust breach face clearance
install recoil spring
tighten ejector
adjust chamber depth
Does this seem like the thing to do? Are there other better smiths that can help me?
Thanks!
Somehow I managed to buy TWO brand new non-functioning Colts. I purchased a WW1 reissue and then a Series 70 repro a month later.
They both have around 450 rounds through them and continue to be jam-o-matics. I use nothing but WWB round nose and the factory Colt magazines that came with the guns.
The WW1 reissue fails to feed the last round from the magazine every time.
The S70 jams at different times and in various ways (ftf, stovepipe, etc).
I have installed some Tripp Research mag springs and hybrid followers in the Colt mags but have not tried them yet. The problem is that I don't want to solve the gun issue by improving the mags, if there's something wrong with the guns, I want it fixed. (I ordered two new Wilson extractors but they're backordered).
So I really don't want to send them back to Colt and wait several months for them to fix the guns that should have been fully functional to begin with.
I want to get peoples' opinions of Wilson Combat custom work. They offer a "complete reliability package," for $165 which includes:
polish feed ramp
throat barrel
polish and adjust extractor
polish breach face
adjust breach face clearance
install recoil spring
tighten ejector
adjust chamber depth
Does this seem like the thing to do? Are there other better smiths that can help me?
Thanks!