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Old April 28, 1999, 11:44 PM   #1
Hawkeye
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Join Date: April 10, 1999
Location: Idaho
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Firing a new 1911 pistol last week, I had a (seeming) jam. After a tap and rack, a buddy noticed a piece fall out of the pistol. It was the firing pin stop.

I ended up needing to repair the pistol at home, since I couldn't fix things at the range. The firing pin was quite difficult to get back through the hole in the breech of the slide. Once I did, the gun reassembled and seemed to cycle normally.

Any ideas? I was wondering if the pistol had a burr in the firing pin channel that retained the firing pin in the forward position. Then when the slide recoiled back, the firing pin stop could just fall out. If that is the case, it is fortunate that the gun didn't go full auto?

In any case, the pistol gets shipped back next week. It wasn't cheap and I expect a more reliable firearm!

Any ideas on what happened?
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