Rule3, you are correct! Somewhere on my basement floor are two bushings that just missed my face! First one taking it apart, 2nd putting it back together. After the 2nd, I ordered 2 bushings...still have the spare. One of those cheap bushing tools should be in the box with my 1911! Read the directions! Heed the warnings! I can keep a frozen food warehouse, etc., humming along. I can use tools. I know my limitations: guns and cars!
UPDATE Ruger SR1911 Disassembly vs Owner's Manual
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LVSteve
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All this is a good reminder of why the 380EZ is named the way it is.
I'm getting disassembly of the R51 down to an art. The handle end of an old toothbrush makes a useful tool, especially if it has a relatively thick handle.
I'm getting disassembly of the R51 down to an art. The handle end of an old toothbrush makes a useful tool, especially if it has a relatively thick handle.
Ivan the Butcher
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Doughboys and G.I.'s didn't have a conundrum with their 1911's and 1911A1's! The were given simple instructions that their training sergeants expected them to follow!
You on the other hand, are convinced you know better!
By the way your Gold Label is not a "Double Barrel Lever Action Shotgun" I guess you never read the owners manual on that gun either!
Ivan
You on the other hand, are convinced you know better!
By the way your Gold Label is not a "Double Barrel Lever Action Shotgun" I guess you never read the owners manual on that gun either!
Ivan
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To correctly disassemble/reassemble a 1911 to avoid the "idiot" scratch:
1) Always take the tension off the recoil spring first before disassembling a 1911.
2) Always put the tension back on last when reassembling a 1911.
3) Any other order makes you an idiot.
1) Always take the tension off the recoil spring first before disassembling a 1911.
2) Always put the tension back on last when reassembling a 1911.
3) Any other order makes you an idiot.
Fishslayer
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I was taught in the 'bees to go plug, spring, bushing.
Never even knew there was another way til somebody showed it.
Supposedly, the slide stop first method reduces wear on tightly fitted bushings. Indeed, on my Dan Wessons I need to use the bushing wrench.
One thing I would say for sure. The slide stop last method of assembly would greatly increase the possibility of installing the dreaded idiot scratch unless the stop had that chamfer thingy...
Never even knew there was another way til somebody showed it.
Supposedly, the slide stop first method reduces wear on tightly fitted bushings. Indeed, on my Dan Wessons I need to use the bushing wrench.
One thing I would say for sure. The slide stop last method of assembly would greatly increase the possibility of installing the dreaded idiot scratch unless the stop had that chamfer thingy...
CAJUNLAWYER
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Well I am at a loss as to why one would want to take it down for cleaning in the first place.
1. It's stainless
2. You are not shooting corrosive ammo
3. You have't dunked it in salt water
4. It still works
We ain't talking blue steel and walnut gripped Registered Magnums here
The floor is now open for discussion
1. It's stainless
2. You are not shooting corrosive ammo
3. You have't dunked it in salt water
4. It still works
We ain't talking blue steel and walnut gripped Registered Magnums here
The floor is now open for discussion
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scooter123
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I've done that, held onto the key long enough to burn an impression of the key head into my palm. Thing is my older brother also stuck a key in a socket but he was weak and let go. Yeah my Mom did try to make sure I couldn't get a key after my brothers episode but I was an explorer and 2 year olds can vanish real quick when they want to.
Ingramite
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I thought that you could take stainless pistols out in the yard and squirt em off with the hose.
But I can see where taking them apart first could get confusing.
But I can see where taking them apart first could get confusing.
Y'all are thinking about Glock's, which if they need cleaning, you just run them through a cycle in the dishwasher.
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...and they can be fixed with model airplane glue.Y'all are thinking about Glock's, which if they need cleaning, you just run them through a cycle in the dishwasher.
LOL!!!!!!!!!
Hair Trigger
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While I field strip my 1911 with a bushing by removing the bushing and spring first, I've found that field stripping my 1911's that don't have a bushing to be easier and faster. All you need is a paper clip; you keep the spring in tension on the control rod and take it out in one piece after removing the slide. It's as fast as taking down a Glock. Ruger builds them both ways. The .45 Full size and Commanders are bushing pistols, but the Officers , and the full size 10mm (which I have) are bushingless.
I've field stripped my bushing version both ways (removing slide under spring tension, vs removing bushing and spring first), and the short control rod makes it much more difficult to reassemble by inserting the spring and replacing the slide under tension. Of course, you can disassemble it one way, and reassemble it the other.
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I've always been enamored of mechanical/electrical stuff. When I was about 9-10 walking home from school (also did that in 2 feet of snow, around 1949) I spotted a thing in the grass with coils of copper wire, contacts, and other bits mounted on a black metal plate,. I picked it up and when I got home immediately retrieved my little bag of tools and set about trying to take it apart. Got a couple of wires loose and held them to a 6v lantern battery.
Nothing.
Noticed the wall socket.
Can you see this coming?
Stuck those 2 wires into the socket while holding the "thing"
in my other hand not really comprehending what was about to happen.
At once:
Wires went red.
Really loud buzzing.
Ice picks being stabbed into hand.
Lights started flickering.
Hand seemed to be burning.
"Thing" ejects from my hand simultaneously with lightning bolt shooting through my arm.
Flashbulb fired off behind my eye - don't know which one.
Not knowing any appropriate cuss words the best I could come up with was the loudest ouch I have ever uttered.
Mom runs into the room and I am unable to form the words to explain what happened...all of this transpired at the speed of light - I know because I literally saw the light.
I apologize for this non-S&W post but the key thing resurrected a memory that doesn't surface all that often and when it does I realize that I'm lucky not to have been killed...
I later came to realize that the "thing" was a voltage regulator that controlled the voltage output of the generator all cars had in those days.
Chino74
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An old electrician friend of mine back in the day showed me how to check 120 volt on open wire leads to an outlet, you just lick your middle & ring finger & flick them across the wires quickly, you'll know if that circuit is hot or not...NOTE this does NOT apply to 220 volt, that would not be advised.
