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Unpopular opinion: I think we overcomplicate fitting a new extractor
Had a customer's 1911 that wouldn't eject, and everyone said to hand-fit the new extractor. Spent almost a full workday filing and checking, only to find the issue was a tiny burr on the slide's inner rail. Took about 8 hours to figure that out. Anyone else ever waste time on a 'standard' fix that turned out to be something simple?
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the_anthony1mo ago
Spent 12 hours once on a Glock trigger reset issue. Replaced every part in the housing. Turned out the slide lock spring was bent a fraction of an inch and dragging. The manual's trouble tree just said to replace the connector. Sometimes the fix is in the last place you look because you checked the manual first.
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wesley_adams1mo ago
Had a similar reset problem with a Gen 3. @the_anthony is right, the manual's flow chart only gets you so far. In my case, a tiny burr on the trigger bar was the culprit, not the usual suspects.
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