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This is the first time I have ever come across this problem. I was building a Colt 1911A1 for my son and after scavaging parts from every drawer and tool box I had enough to build a frankenstein 45 auto. I got it all together and the hammer/disconnect/sear group would not function. I traded different springs, sears hammers, disconnects etc trying to make the darn thing work. Nothing I did helped. Finally I got out a magnifying glass and went over every part in the "firing " group. You are not going to believe what I found. The grip safety had the arm broken off. Yeah. The break was so clean and straight I didn't see it until I turn up the magnification. Without the grip safety working nothing else would work. That was a real surprise as the grip safety is a big steel part and has vertually no stress on it. How it got broken is a puzzle to me. I ordered a couple more from gun parts corp.

Now that is a first that I will store in the back of the old brain pan.

Sarge

Yeah Sarge, my eyesight is in the latrine also.

Now I know why you use a specific font size.

I've built a few 1911a1's over the years.But I don't move around the shop very good these days.I guess that's why God made grandchildren....they don't have to bend over as far to pick up the spring that just shot the detent ball into orbit!!!!!!!!

Rod, I have finally read my own tips and now I put everything in a plastic dry cleaning sack when I take out little springs or dedents. I also have a couple of real large magnets on my work bench and try to aim towards them when I take apart guns. It works and saves crawing around.

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