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NOTE - For those who don't like long-posts, long story short - Detail strip = easy, many gun shop employees = idiots.
Ok, I'll be honest, when it comes to detail stripping, the most I have ever personally tried was on my Glock 17 or my Ruger 10/22. I've avoided doing it to my 1911s because so many gun shop employees tells me it's "God-Awful Hard" to do this detail strip.
After looking over a friend's shoulder as he does gunsmithing on 1911s, tonight I just said, "eh, what the hey" and decided to try this "gunsmith-only task", as far too many gun shop employees have told me.
I could not believe how easy it was. Yes, it had more parts than the Glock (though not by much), but it was so easy and simple, with the only tool I needed was the small l-shaped tool for the MSH (Springfield ILS) and my Swiss Champ, though I did use a Wilson Combat Versa-Tool to make it a little bit easier on some parts. I probably wouldn't have even needed to use the Versa-Tool with the availability of this Swiss knife.
On reassembly, I wasn't the most confident on the way I had put the seer and disconnected together, but after some examination and some double-checking on a picture that I have stored on my computer, I got everything installed perfectly.
What I had done was remove the match trigger that I had installed in this old Springfield GI-45, to go back to the stock WWII look (Minus the higher profile sights and rubber Hogue grips). It occurred to me that, while I love this 1911, I'd rather keep this one in the car for defense than my Springfield Loaded for longer periods of time.
All that being said, the function check worked perfectly, and I'm 100% confident that this gun is ready for carry now, though I plan on taking a few test shots tomorrow morning... just to be safe.
So what's the point of this post? Don't listen to those gun shop fools when they tell you that it's a gunsmith-only task to detail strip the 1911; if you can field-strip it, you can detail-strip it.
Ok, I'll be honest, when it comes to detail stripping, the most I have ever personally tried was on my Glock 17 or my Ruger 10/22. I've avoided doing it to my 1911s because so many gun shop employees tells me it's "God-Awful Hard" to do this detail strip.
After looking over a friend's shoulder as he does gunsmithing on 1911s, tonight I just said, "eh, what the hey" and decided to try this "gunsmith-only task", as far too many gun shop employees have told me.
I could not believe how easy it was. Yes, it had more parts than the Glock (though not by much), but it was so easy and simple, with the only tool I needed was the small l-shaped tool for the MSH (Springfield ILS) and my Swiss Champ, though I did use a Wilson Combat Versa-Tool to make it a little bit easier on some parts. I probably wouldn't have even needed to use the Versa-Tool with the availability of this Swiss knife.
On reassembly, I wasn't the most confident on the way I had put the seer and disconnected together, but after some examination and some double-checking on a picture that I have stored on my computer, I got everything installed perfectly.
What I had done was remove the match trigger that I had installed in this old Springfield GI-45, to go back to the stock WWII look (Minus the higher profile sights and rubber Hogue grips). It occurred to me that, while I love this 1911, I'd rather keep this one in the car for defense than my Springfield Loaded for longer periods of time.
All that being said, the function check worked perfectly, and I'm 100% confident that this gun is ready for carry now, though I plan on taking a few test shots tomorrow morning... just to be safe.
So what's the point of this post? Don't listen to those gun shop fools when they tell you that it's a gunsmith-only task to detail strip the 1911; if you can field-strip it, you can detail-strip it.