Kruzr
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To use SA's UPS number, you will have to go to a real UPS office and depot not a satellite UPS shipper. Don't tell SA that the bushing is loose, tell them it's in the slide crooked. Good Luck!
Need 1911 bushing help.
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Jeff Timm
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In the 1970's the paint companies made paint more environmentally friendly. It soaked up water like a sponge and held it against the metal. In 1980 a 1968 Ford truck was worth twice as much as a 1974 F-150.
Geoff
Who had a 1973 American Motors Hornet. <Puts on hearing protection from the loud laughter.>
Geoff
Who had a 1973 American Motors Hornet. <Puts on hearing protection from the loud laughter.>
Well Jammer, does that mean you get that for buying a Springer in 2004?
If the other bushing is off that much I would have to lean towards it being the slide out of spec, it's unusual but possible. This is one I would definately send back, print a pic and circle it and a pic of what one should look like, Maybe you'll make it in the next assemblers training manual. Don't let them blow you off on this one.
BTW, all's well that ends well with the Vega, maybe they'll transform you pistol too.
No, I don't own the Vega anymore and I am sworn off of racing(Repeat ten times and find a quiet place. )
If the other bushing is off that much I would have to lean towards it being the slide out of spec, it's unusual but possible. This is one I would definately send back, print a pic and circle it and a pic of what one should look like, Maybe you'll make it in the next assemblers training manual. Don't let them blow you off on this one.
BTW, all's well that ends well with the Vega, maybe they'll transform you pistol too.
No, I don't own the Vega anymore and I am sworn off of racing(Repeat ten times and find a quiet place. )
Jammer Six
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Man, if you raced a Vega, I know why you swore off racing...
Kruzr
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It used take a few days for SA to log in the guns they receive. When I sent mine back (not recently) I called the day after I got a delivery confirmation and they couldn't tell me if the gun was there or not, they said, call back in 2 days.
I just talked to Megan at SA and she told me that they were going to take it back to the range Friday to see if they had fixed the problem and I should have it back in about two weeks. I will call again Monday to see for sure though.
Kruzr
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Springfield doesn't have their own test range. They told me that they rent space at a nearby range to test their guns. The range is outdoors and they said the weather dictates their testing schedule in the winter.
I just talked to Tracy and she said that after the range session yesterday they had deemed the pistol good to go. I should have it back by the end of the week. I'll let you know how looks and feels when I get it back.
clipse
I'll let you know how looks and feels when I get it back.clipse
BluesBear
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Hey the performance of a 1975 Cosworth-Vega would suprise you.
Of course the words performance and Vega in the same sentence could be considered an oxymoron.
Of course the words performance and Vega in the same sentence could be considered an oxymoron.
The saga continues.
Now appearently my pistol is either in TN and can't get out because of flight delays or its on a fedex truck becuase the driver said the street/driveway/sidewalk was to slick to deliver the package.
It started at about 9:30 this morning. I checked the tracking number on FedEx's website and it said that the package was in TN and the delivery time was expected to be 10:30 this morning. I waited untill 11:00 and when no package had arrived I called 1-800-GOFEDEX and after hitting the '0' button on the phone about 50 times I finally got a real live person. She said that the package was stuck in TN because of flight delays.
Fast forward one hour........
I go to lunch and see on the caller ID that a packaging company with a local number had called at 9:40 AM. I call the number and the lady takes my name and number and says she find out why they called and call me right back. Two minutes later I get a call back and the lay says that the driver reported that the either the road, driveway, or sidewalk was too slippery to deliver the package. Then she asks me for an alternate address. I start to give her my father-in-laws address then realize that his street, driveway, and walkway are alot worse than mine. So I ask if they could just hold the package there I'll pick up the package in the morning.
So now I'm confused. I'm guessing that they just really really got the tracking screwed up.
I'll find out in the morning.
clipse
Now appearently my pistol is either in TN and can't get out because of flight delays or its on a fedex truck becuase the driver said the street/driveway/sidewalk was to slick to deliver the package.
It started at about 9:30 this morning. I checked the tracking number on FedEx's website and it said that the package was in TN and the delivery time was expected to be 10:30 this morning. I waited untill 11:00 and when no package had arrived I called 1-800-GOFEDEX and after hitting the '0' button on the phone about 50 times I finally got a real live person. She said that the package was stuck in TN because of flight delays.
Fast forward one hour........
I go to lunch and see on the caller ID that a packaging company with a local number had called at 9:40 AM. I call the number and the lady takes my name and number and says she find out why they called and call me right back. Two minutes later I get a call back and the lay says that the driver reported that the either the road, driveway, or sidewalk was too slippery to deliver the package. Then she asks me for an alternate address. I start to give her my father-in-laws address then realize that his street, driveway, and walkway are alot worse than mine. So I ask if they could just hold the package there I'll pick up the package in the morning.
So now I'm confused. I'm guessing that they just really really got the tracking screwed up.
I'll find out in the morning.
clipse
I hate "CliffHangers"...
I want to know what SA did to fix the problem.
Fifteen, maybe eighteen years ago, I bought an Auto-Ordnance 1911 A-1
from an ad in the Shotgun News for, I think, $240. I know it was a pretty good buy at the time. The only problem was the gun was a POS.
The mag catch stuck so far out into the mag well that it prevented cartridges from sliding out of the magazine into the barrel. Not that that mattered
anyway, because the barrel throat had tool marks in it so deep it looked like you could plant corn in the furrows. It cut grooves in the copper jacket of a
G.I ball round we tried to run through it.
I was furious and wanted to send the gun back, but my brother, the
gunsmith, the one who ordered it for me , talked me into exerting a little
time and effort into "fixing" the problems. So we spent probably two or three
hours with a set of needle files, and a Dremel tool, filing down the mag catch, and polishing out the tool marks in the throat.
That done, we went to the range and proceed to put three hundred rounds through the gun in about two hours. No failures to feed, eject, or fire.
I was pretty happy. I brought the gun home, cleaned it and put it away,
and it hasn't been fired since. I only bought it because the price was right,
and I figured I could always use a spare 1911.
I was lucky that my problems could be taken care of by myself and my
brother, the gunsmith. But then, my problem wasn't a badly milled slide,
which is what it looks to me like clipse's problem may be.
I just want to know what SA is going to do about this.
Walter
I want to know what SA did to fix the problem.
Fifteen, maybe eighteen years ago, I bought an Auto-Ordnance 1911 A-1
from an ad in the Shotgun News for, I think, $240. I know it was a pretty good buy at the time. The only problem was the gun was a POS.
The mag catch stuck so far out into the mag well that it prevented cartridges from sliding out of the magazine into the barrel. Not that that mattered
anyway, because the barrel throat had tool marks in it so deep it looked like you could plant corn in the furrows. It cut grooves in the copper jacket of a
G.I ball round we tried to run through it.
I was furious and wanted to send the gun back, but my brother, the
gunsmith, the one who ordered it for me , talked me into exerting a little
time and effort into "fixing" the problems. So we spent probably two or three
hours with a set of needle files, and a Dremel tool, filing down the mag catch, and polishing out the tool marks in the throat.
That done, we went to the range and proceed to put three hundred rounds through the gun in about two hours. No failures to feed, eject, or fire.
I was pretty happy. I brought the gun home, cleaned it and put it away,
and it hasn't been fired since. I only bought it because the price was right,
and I figured I could always use a spare 1911.
I was lucky that my problems could be taken care of by myself and my
brother, the gunsmith. But then, my problem wasn't a badly milled slide,
which is what it looks to me like clipse's problem may be.
I just want to know what SA is going to do about this.
Walter
AHHHHHHHHHH.
I went to fedex this morning. The package was my dads not mine.(we have the same name) I checked the tracking number and it is on the truck for delivery. I should find out what exactly they did to it as soon as I get it.
clipse
I went to fedex this morning. The package was my dads not mine.(we have the same name) I checked the tracking number and it is on the truck for delivery. I should find out what exactly they did to it as soon as I get it.
clipse
Well I got it back finally. It was sent with a test target. Here is a pic of the gun with the target.
If you only see four holes, thats because there is only 4 holes. They wrote on there that there was only four shots. Kinda strange in my mind.
I took it out and shot it yesterday and this thing is much more accurate than I am. I am really really likeing it now.
Bushing is still loose but they refit the slide to the frame. I was planning on getting an oversized bushing anyway so I won't worry too much about it.
clipse
If you only see four holes, thats because there is only 4 holes. They wrote on there that there was only four shots. Kinda strange in my mind.
I took it out and shot it yesterday and this thing is much more accurate than I am. I am really really likeing it now.
Bushing is still loose but they refit the slide to the frame. I was planning on getting an oversized bushing anyway so I won't worry too much about it.
clipse
Black Snowman
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Good to hear they made it right, at least in the performance department. A fitted bushing probably won't help accuracy (since you said it's already better than you are ) but it should help reduce wear since it won't be rattling around in the end of ths slide.
) but it should help reduce wear since it won't be rattling around in the end of ths slide.cottontoptexan
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Missed the Target
Clipse,
Did the guy actually fire seven and only hit with 4. Just kidding. Nice gun . I have the 4" GI Champion. Good value in today's world. It appeared the bad slide to barrel fit just slipped through the factory. I guess with the number of guns an outfit like Springfield builds you will always have more defects. Just the law of averages.
Clipse,
Did the guy actually fire seven and only hit with 4. Just kidding. Nice gun . I have the 4" GI Champion. Good value in today's world. It appeared the bad slide to barrel fit just slipped through the factory. I guess with the number of guns an outfit like Springfield builds you will always have more defects. Just the law of averages.
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