Mark1911 posted about having dropped this pistol and putting it out of commission. After dropping it the hammer could be dropped with just a little effort.
A good trigger group that replaces all the MIM parts would have probably corrected the issue but Mark opted to basically gut the pistol and replace everything with Wilson parts.
The pistol as I received it. Didn't look to bad especially for a EDC piece.
It's a Wilson Christmas. This is what Mark left me along with the Pistol.
I was looking forward to this tune up.
There was a delay on the Wilson Firing pin stop So I ended up with 2 which allowed me to do some comparison.
Side note for the techies. The Wilson Firing pin stop was a drop in and required no fitting. But it also allowed a litttle movement in the extractor.
The EGW was an over sized stop and required fitting. I used the Wilson to tune the extractor but then decided to use the EGW so I could get a custom fit.
Measuring the tension with the Wilson I set it at 28oz After fitting the EGW stop and making no other changes the extractor tension increased to 32oz. Leading me to believe the Wilson was allowing the extractor to "clock" a little, I doubt it would have caused an issue but was nice to be able to measure a difference.
Fit a new Wilson Grip Safety:
Painted and done with clean 4.5 pound trigger pull and crisp reset.
A good trigger group that replaces all the MIM parts would have probably corrected the issue but Mark opted to basically gut the pistol and replace everything with Wilson parts.
The pistol as I received it. Didn't look to bad especially for a EDC piece.
It's a Wilson Christmas. This is what Mark left me along with the Pistol.
I was looking forward to this tune up.
There was a delay on the Wilson Firing pin stop So I ended up with 2 which allowed me to do some comparison.
Side note for the techies. The Wilson Firing pin stop was a drop in and required no fitting. But it also allowed a litttle movement in the extractor.
The EGW was an over sized stop and required fitting. I used the Wilson to tune the extractor but then decided to use the EGW so I could get a custom fit.
Measuring the tension with the Wilson I set it at 28oz After fitting the EGW stop and making no other changes the extractor tension increased to 32oz. Leading me to believe the Wilson was allowing the extractor to "clock" a little, I doubt it would have caused an issue but was nice to be able to measure a difference.
Fit a new Wilson Grip Safety:
Painted and done with clean 4.5 pound trigger pull and crisp reset.