Wichaka
Member
Okay Tuner here's aproblem I encountered last night......
I picked up a new SA loaded last month and have put about 500 rounds thru it. Drives tacks I tell ya.
I picked up the parts to change out the internals.......Brown H/Core Hammer, Nowlin sear, Briley Dis., Nowlin sear spring, got rid of the ILS and changed it out for a Brown MS housing & a Wolff 23lb MS.
Anyway, here's the 2 surprises I encountered.........
1) The back of the lower lug on the barrel (right side) had a slight peen mark, on the back of the lug on the corner edge (looking from the throat end.) I took a closer look at the lugs & took a measurement, the right side is .003 closer to the throat than the other side. Just enough to make all the impact on the one side. I immediately fixed that.
2) I then detailed stripped the frame to put in all the parts above, and noticed that only one hammer hook had a shine on it. The other hook was never in contact with the sear, as it still had the blueing on it.
I looked at the sear, and it showed that it in fact the one side had never been in contact with hook.
Needless to say I was very surprised and a bit dissapointed. The hammer, sear & disconnect are not MIM. The sear and Disconnect seem to be cast, and I think the hammer is too. The grip safety is mim, didn't find anything else that was mim on this particular gun. The slide stop is cast.
I'm getting very aggitated over the lack of quality control. I had heard very good things about SA, but then haven't heard much about the internal parts fit. But on the other hand, it keeps my shop busy.......and my pockets lined.
I picked up a new SA loaded last month and have put about 500 rounds thru it. Drives tacks I tell ya.
I picked up the parts to change out the internals.......Brown H/Core Hammer, Nowlin sear, Briley Dis., Nowlin sear spring, got rid of the ILS and changed it out for a Brown MS housing & a Wolff 23lb MS.
Anyway, here's the 2 surprises I encountered.........
1) The back of the lower lug on the barrel (right side) had a slight peen mark, on the back of the lug on the corner edge (looking from the throat end.) I took a closer look at the lugs & took a measurement, the right side is .003 closer to the throat than the other side. Just enough to make all the impact on the one side. I immediately fixed that.
2) I then detailed stripped the frame to put in all the parts above, and noticed that only one hammer hook had a shine on it. The other hook was never in contact with the sear, as it still had the blueing on it.
I looked at the sear, and it showed that it in fact the one side had never been in contact with hook.
Needless to say I was very surprised and a bit dissapointed. The hammer, sear & disconnect are not MIM. The sear and Disconnect seem to be cast, and I think the hammer is too. The grip safety is mim, didn't find anything else that was mim on this particular gun. The slide stop is cast.
I'm getting very aggitated over the lack of quality control. I had heard very good things about SA, but then haven't heard much about the internal parts fit. But on the other hand, it keeps my shop busy.......and my pockets lined.