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Flying recoil spring plugs

javbike

javbike

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Ok here’s one for you 1911 guys put my gun back together after cleaning last part to hold down the plug it went flung into never never land hands were too greasy . Lesson learn wipe off greasy hand before attempting to do this and always wear safety glasses . So if you say this never happened to you you are flat out lying. Anyway lots of options wench , plastics table wench and plug that holds the spring on anyway what’s your way of doing it
 
javbike said:
Ok here’s one for you 1911 guys put my gun back together after cleaning last part to hold down the plug it went flung into never never land hands were too greasy . Lesson learn wipe off greasy hand before attempting to do this and always wear safety glasses . So if you say this never happened to you you are flat out lying. Anyway lots of options wench , plastics table wench and plug that holds the spring on anyway what’s your way of doing it
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I mostly keep a spare around just in case for a FUBAR incident.....lol
 
my very first 1911, (Remington R1 blued), i had the guide rod/spring plug shoot up and bust out my old fluorescent light.

i did not have a spare, it was an old unit, (complete with the starter relay?) so i had to go out and buy a new set up, this time LED..

costly situation, and my floor is all wooden planks, with some gaps, but the plug was next to the water hears.

otherwise.......nope...never happened to me.

and i wear latex gloves to avoid lead, oil, carbon contact.
 
It seems that at all the armorer courses I attended the floors were dark grey carpet, so flying parts were hard to see. The instructor at the SIG Academy told us at the beginning that we would all learn to get on all fours and do the "Armorer's Crawl". He was right.

Note to self: do not get down on the floor without a plan for how to get back up.
 
HayesGreener said:
It seems that at all the armorer courses I attended the floors were dark grey carpet, so flying parts were hard to see. The instructor at the SIG Academy told us at the beginning that we would all learn to get on all fours and do the "Armorer's Crawl". He was right.

Note to self: do not get down on the floor without a plan for how to get back up.
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do not get down........

that's funny.

we go down rather quickly though........don't we..???
 
John Moses Browning had your back. The GI recoil spring plug had a little projection on the inside onto which the open end of the recoil spring could be wound, tying the two parts together.

And if you STILL manage to lose the plug, a fired .45ACP case fits perfectly, and will stand up for at least a few shots--enough to get you home, anyway.
 
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You can use a Takedown Tool to capture the spring plug and spring on the guide rod for disassembly/assembly of your 1911/2011 pistol. Lock the slide to the rear, insert the tool into the hole on the guide rod. That’s it! The guide rod, recoil spring, and spring plug come out as one piece, making disassembly and reassembly easy.
 
javbike said:
No way it doesn’t work to put on unless someone tells me I doing something wrong. Easy as 123 when taking off
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I use that exact tool to lock my full guide rod plug. It's near impossible to push one of those plugs down to seat the bushing with your naked fingers. I am able to push the plug down enough to catch a bushing finger and finish with that tool. That extra 1/8" is murder on your finger or thumb.
 
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