Peter M. Eick
Member
If you remember I had a posting a while (4 months ago) back where I bought a Colt Super Stallion and it had a terrible barrel in it.
I am the second owner and Colt says no to a free replacement so I decided to learn about 1911s by slowly fixing it. So, I decided to turn my Colt into a 1911 learning experience. I might as well just spend the time and money to learn how to work on it and develop some skill with it. I figure as long as I can put everything back the way it was in the Stallion I am good to go and just keep working and learning about the 1911.
Based upon your threads and questions I have now replaced the collet bushing for a solid EGW. That took a while to get fitted but it goes in now nice and tight but it can be removed with fingers. No more broken collet fingers to worry about.
I replaced the firing pin stop because the ejector was clocking badly. I became one with my files and stones for several hours carefully fitting an EGW oversized on in. Yes it did take hours because I wanted to get it done right and I wanted to learn about fileing and carefully testing everything. That is now done.
I next decided that the heavy 285 grn trigger needed to be replaced with a lighter straighter one so out with the steel trigger and in with an EGW gold cup trigger that only weights 155 grns. Again, the EGW part was 20 thousands to tall so I spent time with the files and carefully got it fitted in so it slides smoothly with minimal to no up down play. I next carefully polished the bow and broke the edges along with cleaned up a bit of roughness in the frame.
Since the factory trigger was bad (and yet this was supposed to have a "gold cup" quality trigger, go figure), I pulled the series 80 parts out of the slide and this dropped the trigger pull from over 6 lbs down to just under 6 lbs. It was also a lot smoother.
I took the sear and disconnnector out and saw that the sides of the sear were pretty rough so I carefully just touched the sides up to make them a bit smoother and avoided the working surfaces religiously. Back together again and the trigger is a lot smoother now.
I next took out the series 80 parts and smoothed both their sides and put it back together again and now the trigger is almost tolerable. It still has a bit of takeup or prep but the left off is a lot better now.
My next step was to order from brownells a frame insert so I can drop the series 80 parts and see what I can do with that. My guess that step will come later this week. I am also planning on dropping the gold cup sear depressor and spring since I have the lighter trigger in but I realize that I will need to test that to make sure I don't have a sear bounce issue.
Long term I am planning a kart ez-fit barrel in 38 super to replace the original problem and then probably a new fire control system. I was thinking that I could order a "near drop in" sear, disconnector and hammer at some point. Anyone have some recommendations on one that might fit and work?
I am the second owner and Colt says no to a free replacement so I decided to learn about 1911s by slowly fixing it. So, I decided to turn my Colt into a 1911 learning experience. I might as well just spend the time and money to learn how to work on it and develop some skill with it. I figure as long as I can put everything back the way it was in the Stallion I am good to go and just keep working and learning about the 1911.
Based upon your threads and questions I have now replaced the collet bushing for a solid EGW. That took a while to get fitted but it goes in now nice and tight but it can be removed with fingers. No more broken collet fingers to worry about.
I replaced the firing pin stop because the ejector was clocking badly. I became one with my files and stones for several hours carefully fitting an EGW oversized on in. Yes it did take hours because I wanted to get it done right and I wanted to learn about fileing and carefully testing everything. That is now done.
I next decided that the heavy 285 grn trigger needed to be replaced with a lighter straighter one so out with the steel trigger and in with an EGW gold cup trigger that only weights 155 grns. Again, the EGW part was 20 thousands to tall so I spent time with the files and carefully got it fitted in so it slides smoothly with minimal to no up down play. I next carefully polished the bow and broke the edges along with cleaned up a bit of roughness in the frame.
Since the factory trigger was bad (and yet this was supposed to have a "gold cup" quality trigger, go figure), I pulled the series 80 parts out of the slide and this dropped the trigger pull from over 6 lbs down to just under 6 lbs. It was also a lot smoother.
I took the sear and disconnnector out and saw that the sides of the sear were pretty rough so I carefully just touched the sides up to make them a bit smoother and avoided the working surfaces religiously. Back together again and the trigger is a lot smoother now.
I next took out the series 80 parts and smoothed both their sides and put it back together again and now the trigger is almost tolerable. It still has a bit of takeup or prep but the left off is a lot better now.
My next step was to order from brownells a frame insert so I can drop the series 80 parts and see what I can do with that. My guess that step will come later this week. I am also planning on dropping the gold cup sear depressor and spring since I have the lighter trigger in but I realize that I will need to test that to make sure I don't have a sear bounce issue.
Long term I am planning a kart ez-fit barrel in 38 super to replace the original problem and then probably a new fire control system. I was thinking that I could order a "near drop in" sear, disconnector and hammer at some point. Anyone have some recommendations on one that might fit and work?