RIA 1911-A1 FS Tact II 10mm Fieldstrip problem.

[ifithitu]

Last night I field striped my new RIA 1911-A1 FS Tact II 10mm. I broken it down and everything was okay till I tried to put the take down pin back in. This morning I took it to a Gunsmith and he had a problem putting the pin back too. He did get it done and it work just fine now. I won't try to clean it again, I will take it to my gunsmith next time. Have anyone else had that problem with their RIA 1911-A1 FS Tact II 10mm? It is a real headache for sure I couldn't sleep last night.

 

[HansGruber]

What was the problem? Did you not align the barrel link?

 

[ifithitu]

What was the problem? Did you not align the barrel link?

That was the problem,and the gunsmith said he had a hard time lining it up to the small alignment marking.On this RIA you can see it but it is very small on the slide and hard to see.

 

[ifithitu]

I called it a" take down pin, should have said slide stop."

 

[Talyn]

1911s have to be kept to tight tolerances to handle the 10mm.

Colt had headaches back-in-the-day figuring out how to make it work, with cracked frames.

The slide stops take alot of punishment handling the 10mm so RIA made it tight & specific fit.

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

1911s have to be kept to tight tolerances to handle the 10mm.

Colt had headaches back-in-the-day figuring out how to make it work, with cracked frames.

The slide stops take alot of punishment handling the 10mm so RIA made it tight & specific fit.

Why not increase the spring pressure or make a heavier slide to reduce punishment for full/high power loads?

 

[HansGruber]

Why not increase the spring pressure or make a heavier slide to reduce punishment for full/high power loads?

Because that can cause an entirely new set of issues, mainly in reliable feeding.

 

[Talyn]

Why not increase the spring pressure or make a heavier slide to reduce punishment for full/high power loads?

Better talk to the manufacturers that build 10mm 1911s.

But the things you mention are used in striker-fired 10mms like the G20/29 and XDM.

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

Because that can cause an entirely new set of issues, mainly in reliable feeding.

Better talk to the manufacturers that build 10mm 1911s.

But the things you mention are used in striker-fired 10mms like the G20/29 and XDM.

I don't have any 1911s and was just a thought if it was even possible?

 

[ifithitu]

The RIA 10mm with the writing on the slide isn't my pistol,the other one is. I'm showing these picture so you can see the difference in the slide stop alignment position on each pistol. The two align position on the top one you can see clearly. The other pistol you can see one clearly and the other one you can't.

 

[terdog]

Dont give up. Practice and you'll get better.

 

[Annihilator]

That’s a big difference is the notch, but like terdog said, keep practicing, you will eventually get it with no issues.

 

[Annihilator]

The more I thought about the way the notch is, maybe under recoil the slide stop might have been moving, like trying to come out, and they did it that way to stop the movement of the stop, just a thought, or maybe I just had to much coffee this morning......