[e-luder]

Hi ILLusion,

Thank you for your expert advise.

Originally Posted by ILLusion

well... what's the reasoning for doing this? Is it not functioning as it should? My concern about modifying these critical components, is that you can easily cause accidental discharges or other firing anomalies. (ie, pulling the trigger and nothing happening).

Well, I've noticed that the stirrup wasn't locking properly with the t-bar disconnector. When I observed it with the thumb safety off, the t-bar would "slip" off the grooves hammer because the edges were rounded off.

Sounds like you have a crap barrel that's not fitting properly to the hop up chamber, and/or it's a heavy steel outer barrel portion attached to a lighter weight aluminum chamber, causing it to tilt forward. It's impossible for the hop up chamber to move, as the slide lock holds it in place.

This is probably the answer I was expecting. lol. I found out that the slide catch has actually snapped in half. Although I still fail to see how it would move the barrel that much since there is still a bar to lock it in place. Plus, the problems persisted before the catch snapped. In general, would a straight barrel from a 1911 (with the bushing if I can find a compatible one) be a more reasonable way of fixing the jam?

Sounds like the trigger disconnector's bar isn't slipping behind the sear properly. This is caused by multiple causes - all of which, reduce the amount of space between the trigger stirrup and the sear. The disconnector needs enough space to slip behind there, otherwise you can experience the symptoms you're describing. Watch the firing action with the beavertail safety removed. You can see what's happening (or not happening) easier that way

What is weird is it is functioning as it should. The trigger mech functions well without the beaver tail engaged. But when pressed down, the trigger weight doubles or the amount of pressure needed to break the hammer is increased ten folds when the beavertail is pressed down. I've tried bending the leaf spring alloted for the beavertail safety to increase the room for it to expand but it didn't do much since I think the pressure is coming from the pivot point (where the thumb safety locks it) and not the actual springed portion of the beavertail.

I've noticed the the middle "leaf" is being pressed down too much by the beaver tail and is causing the increase in trigger weight. I've bended the middle spring as well but it began impeding its functionality so I bended it back.

Also when the beavertail is pressed down, the gun drops it's power output by nearly 60fps. it's going from 265 with the beavertail unpressed and then drops to 210fps when it is pressed. So the beavertail is also impeding the hammer's ability to strike the valve knocker properly somehow. Granted I shouldn't be able to pull the trigger without the beavertail being pressed but it seems to be a common issue with most hi-caps that I've come into terms with. Plus all my internals as noted above needs replacing.

Any possible diagnosis?

The gun in itself needs an complete overhaul of internal components but I thought I might try to learn a few things on how they should function before I replace them.

I really appreciate you taking the time to offer some advice.

-e