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Originally Posted by m102404
I'll the the 1911 experts weigh in on this...but it seems like the sear isn't catching the notch of the hammer properly and it's releasing back up to catch the inside of the chamber unit.
With the slide forward back in normal position, if you thumb the hammer back does it catch and stay cocked? If you do it slowly until it just catches, does it stay cocked (i.e. does it work properly regardless of how fast/slow you thumb the hammer?)
Best of luck with it.
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That's exactly what I was thinking. Thing is, it always had sloppy tolerances, so if you lock the slide to the rear, push it up a bit (hold it up), and pull the trigger, the hammer would drop a mm or so. But once you release the slide, that "cocking point" goes over it again, and it doesn't drop when the slide returns to battery, so I payed it no attention.
The gun functions 100% normally besides that, including cocking the hammer by hand, fast or slow.
Perhaps this has something to do with the disconnector, not the sear? I.e maybe the spring is too weak or something like that, so when the slide is blowing back at high speeds, it rises a little, enough for the disconnector to allow the hammer to drop as it's held down from the initial shot?
Thank you for your insight.
Saint, you mean a picture of the whole gun, muzzle pointed to the left? (slide release side)