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See the little spring attached to the slide stop. That’s a slide stop spring.
The slide stop on a 1911 does not have a spring. It will engage by the force of the magazine follower.
Or just anyone who can read
Can anyone explain how the 1911 returns to battery if it has only a recoil spring and not a slide return spring? LOL
Your internet training training has failed you. Hands on experience is required.
Your internet training training has failed you. Hands on experience is required.
Is this a serious question? Not trying to be a smartass; genuinely asking…
It’s the same spring.
Edit to add:
Apparently, the magazine follower exerts pressure on the SS…the magazine spring has no bearing on this.
Apparently, the magazine follower exerts pressure on the SS…the magazine spring has no bearing on this.
The magazine spring does have bearing on this
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No slide stop spring listed for the 1911
Well... it's true, no springs touch or are attached to the 1911 slide stop.
Lawless said:
Ahhhh, don’t all semi-auto pistols use a spring for the slide stop?
Are you a revolver or musket guy?
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No slide stop spring listed for the 1911
it's a newbie question
If your 1911 was build right, you can shoot it without the slide return spring.
If it was built wrong as well, it just won't like it as much in the long run. Though I don't see you shooting thousands of rounds single shot.
The hammer spring is the only one your REALLY need.
(now I want to go out and see if I can shoot without a magazine spring (or mag release) if I hold the gun upside down)
If it was built wrong as well, it just won't like it as much in the long run. Though I don't see you shooting thousands of rounds single shot.
The hammer spring is the only one your REALLY need.
(now I want to go out and see if I can shoot without a magazine spring (or mag release) if I hold the gun upside down)
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If your 1911 was build right, you can shoot it without the slide return spring.
If it was built wrong as well, it just won't like it as much in the long run. Though I don't see you shooting thousands of rounds single shot.
But if you have a slide return spring installed, where would you put the recoil spring?
In the main spring housing where it belongs....where would you put the recoil spring?
In the main spring housing where it belongs.
You would think with a “mainspring,” you wouldn’t need other springs.
The ghost of John Moses Browning.. Duh!
Or maybe, possibly, or so I’ve heard, it’s the spring and two detents that secure it, as well as the thumb safety:
Never cared for them. Not enough springs.
I mean it isn’t like volumes have not been written about tuning 1911s to be reliable. I post that an aftermarket spring got weak and suddenly we’re on a page of semantics
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I found 2 more, thanks Jeep owners who don’t rotate spares
Now I have a full set fer my Ter-yoter
Now I have a full set fer my Ter-yoter
Which is called what? A plunger spring maybe? Certainly not a slide stop spring.
I’m worn out. Fixed four sprinklers in the time you guys jerked each other off.
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So….
If the PLUNGER SPRING were to fail, could we then say that the slide stop could/would suffer from a weak spring and prematurely lock the slide to the rear due to recoil? Just like a weak “slide stop spring” on the Glock design pistol?
*said in my best Matlock voice*
If the PLUNGER SPRING were to fail, could we then say that the slide stop could/would suffer from a weak spring and prematurely lock the slide to the rear due to recoil? Just like a weak “slide stop spring” on the Glock design pistol?
*said in my best Matlock voice*
