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<blockquote data-quote="MBB" data-source="post: 1206334" data-attributes="member: 2658"><p>So the Colt 1911 manual says (for Government-size pistols) to "Place the recoil guide into the recoil spring/s so that the closed end of the spring/s are up against the collar of the guide." </p><p></p><p>Which end is the closed end?</p><p></p><p>End A:</p><p></p><p><strong>[Broken External Image]</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>[Broken External Image]</strong></p><p></p><p>End B:</p><p></p><p><strong>[Broken External Image]</strong></p><p></p><p>Which one is correct?</p><p></p><p>End A on Guide Rod Collar:</p><p></p><p><strong>[Broken External Image]</strong></p><p></p><p>End B on Guide Rod Collar:</p><p></p><p><strong>[Broken External Image]</strong></p><p></p><p>The reason I ask is because I was out shooting at Banner Road this morning and the slide was getting stuck like this:</p><p></p><p><strong>[Broken External Image]</strong></p><p></p><p>Notice that it is stuck <em>behind</em> the position where the slide stop would lock it. It would take only a sharp slap to make it go into battery, so I thought, "well, maybe I was <em>too</em> light on the oil". So I field stripped it, added a little more oil, and started shooting again. Same thing happened. My friend Brian said, "you put the spring in backwards". So I turned it around and it worked wonderfully, no failures of any kind for the next 60 or so rounds (which is when I quit firing). </p><p></p><p>When I got home, I re-read the manual and either I'm misunderstanding something, like which end is the closed end of the spring, what the guide rod collar is, the manual has a misprint, or something is wrong with the recoil spring. Does anything look wrong with the recoil spring? Which position is the correct position of the spring?</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MBB, post: 1206334, member: 2658"] So the Colt 1911 manual says (for Government-size pistols) to "Place the recoil guide into the recoil spring/s so that the closed end of the spring/s are up against the collar of the guide." Which end is the closed end? End A: [b][Broken External Image][/b] [b][Broken External Image][/b] End B: [b][Broken External Image][/b] Which one is correct? End A on Guide Rod Collar: [b][Broken External Image][/b] End B on Guide Rod Collar: [b][Broken External Image][/b] The reason I ask is because I was out shooting at Banner Road this morning and the slide was getting stuck like this: [b][Broken External Image][/b] Notice that it is stuck [I]behind[/I] the position where the slide stop would lock it. It would take only a sharp slap to make it go into battery, so I thought, "well, maybe I was [I]too[/I] light on the oil". So I field stripped it, added a little more oil, and started shooting again. Same thing happened. My friend Brian said, "you put the spring in backwards". So I turned it around and it worked wonderfully, no failures of any kind for the next 60 or so rounds (which is when I quit firing). When I got home, I re-read the manual and either I'm misunderstanding something, like which end is the closed end of the spring, what the guide rod collar is, the manual has a misprint, or something is wrong with the recoil spring. Does anything look wrong with the recoil spring? Which position is the correct position of the spring? Thanks for your help. [/QUOTE]
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