Taurus 1911 Sticky Slide

greener · Post by **greener** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:23 pm

I just field stripped my PT1911B. When I reassembled it, the slide wanted to stick at the point shown in the picture. Any ideas on what may be causing this?

Post by **Bullseye** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:55 pm

I noticed that in the picture you don't have the slide stop installed - that means the barrel link could be hindering the slide from closing by catching on the inside bottom of the frame. Next, I'd check the barrel link pin and ensure that it is in place and not over to one side causing drag.

R,
Bullseye

greener · Post by **greener** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:16 am

I was pulling it apart to see if I could find the cause and the picture was without barrel, spring, etc. Thought the disconnector was dragging since it was happening just about when the disconnector would hit the block.

The real cause was operator (lack of) intelligence. When I field stripped it I thought the trigger was gritty and pulled the trigger sans slide a couple of times. It rolled up an edge that caught the slide. Not something I do, but I did it this time. A couple of licks with a carborundum stone fixed the problm I created.

The up side is the pistol needed a detail strip and cleaning, so it got that as part of this.

Post by **Bullseye** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:33 am

All right, you've got it solved. I thought about the disconnector too but went with the simplest likely cause based on the photo.

R,
Bullseye

greener · Post by **greener** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:11 am

Thanks for the response. I guess one way to learn is to screw something up.

toyfj40 · Post by **toyfj40** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:23 am

greener wrote:one way to learn is to screw something up.

that method usually works for me...

and I practice often!
-- toy

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:15 pm

That is a good method if you mess it up you know what to fix, have done that more than once but try not to do it too often.

greener · Post by **greener** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:24 pm

toyfj40 wrote:
greener wrote:one way to learn is to screw something up.
that method usually works for me...
and I practice often!
-- toy

I seem to get a lot of practice and learning, much too much sometimes.

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:31 pm

greener wrote:
toyfj40 wrote:
greener wrote:one way to learn is to screw something up.
that method usually works for me...
and I practice often!
-- toy
I seem to get a lot of practice and larning, much too much sometimes.

Look at it this way, everyone has to be good at something, you have found your true calling in life while others are still looking.