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Technosavant · March 4, 2013, 08:57 PM

Depending on the FLGR, you might need an allen wrench to unscrew them (Springfield Armory), but you probably will need a tool to properly depress the recoil spring plug (those ones for FLGRs are sharp and cut into the thumb).

I've yet to see any issue fixed by a FLGR, but I have seen some problems that one will make worse. For example, at my last visit we discovered my father's RIA will NOT chamber my reloads*, and jammed it up but good. I had to press the front of the slide against a shelf to remove the round... with a FLGR that isn't happening.

*Beats me why. They're full length resized in a Lee Factory Crimp Die and run perfectly in my three 1911s. Seems that RIA just hates anything that isn't genuine factory ammo... it even hates factory reloads. Heck, it even hates the stock magazines. Weird gun.

March 4, 2013, 08:57 PM	#11
Technosavant Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO area Posts: 4,040	Depending on the FLGR, you might need an allen wrench to unscrew them (Springfield Armory), but you probably will need a tool to properly depress the recoil spring plug (those ones for FLGRs are sharp and cut into the thumb). I've yet to see any issue fixed by a FLGR, but I have seen some problems that one will make worse. For example, at my last visit we discovered my father's RIA will NOT chamber my reloads, and jammed it up but good. I had to press the front of the slide against a shelf to remove the round... with a FLGR that isn't happening. Beats me why. They're full length resized in a Lee Factory Crimp Die and run perfectly in my three 1911s. Seems that RIA just hates anything that isn't genuine factory ammo... it even hates factory reloads. Heck, it even hates the stock magazines. Weird gun.