I searched and found some good info but I want to be sure. I alos posted this on a couple other forums and was directed to try here.
I took the plunge and bought my first 1911 style pistol. I got a Springfield EMP for a few reasons. One, I'm lefty and I must have an Ambi safety. I shot standard 1911's before and wrapping my thumb back and forth is just ridiculous. Plus I wanted a 9mm since I already own a g19.
I took the EMP home and field stripped it. Gave it a good cleaning and lube. Off to the range with 250rds of UMC ball. First couple of mags saw some hiccups. I expected that and sure enough it cleared up and ran fine for 150rds. I moved on to some drills. Load, safety on at low ready, bring the weapon up, safety off and fire. I click off the safety and squeeze the trigger. Click. Hmm, ok. So I tap, rack and... It won't rack. The thumb safety is still partly engaged. Now it won't fire, it won't rack and, well I've never seen anything like it.
I engaged the thumb safety again and packed up then went home. No other choice really. After some reading I figured out how to remove the left side safety so I could rack the slide and remove the live round. I reinstalled the safety but it still will not completely disengage.
Tomorrow it goes back to Springfield. After what I've read on the gun I halfway expected some issues but nothing like this. I know they will make it right I'm just curious as to how it could happen. When I first looked at the weapon after it locked up I noticed the thumb safety was out from the frame a touch. Just enough to slip a credit card under.
I posted over at pistolsmith.com and got some good feedback. Any constructive comments would be much appreciated. I've done trigger jobs on my old sigma and two g-19s that turned out fantastic. I want to learn as much as I can about the 1911 I plan on keeping for a while.
If I can safely fix it myself I'm game so I await your comments.
I took the plunge and bought my first 1911 style pistol. I got a Springfield EMP for a few reasons. One, I'm lefty and I must have an Ambi safety. I shot standard 1911's before and wrapping my thumb back and forth is just ridiculous. Plus I wanted a 9mm since I already own a g19.
I took the EMP home and field stripped it. Gave it a good cleaning and lube. Off to the range with 250rds of UMC ball. First couple of mags saw some hiccups. I expected that and sure enough it cleared up and ran fine for 150rds. I moved on to some drills. Load, safety on at low ready, bring the weapon up, safety off and fire. I click off the safety and squeeze the trigger. Click. Hmm, ok. So I tap, rack and... It won't rack. The thumb safety is still partly engaged. Now it won't fire, it won't rack and, well I've never seen anything like it.
I engaged the thumb safety again and packed up then went home. No other choice really. After some reading I figured out how to remove the left side safety so I could rack the slide and remove the live round. I reinstalled the safety but it still will not completely disengage.
Tomorrow it goes back to Springfield. After what I've read on the gun I halfway expected some issues but nothing like this. I know they will make it right I'm just curious as to how it could happen. When I first looked at the weapon after it locked up I noticed the thumb safety was out from the frame a touch. Just enough to slip a credit card under.
I posted over at pistolsmith.com and got some good feedback. Any constructive comments would be much appreciated. I've done trigger jobs on my old sigma and two g-19s that turned out fantastic. I want to learn as much as I can about the 1911 I plan on keeping for a while.
If I can safely fix it myself I'm game so I await your comments.