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this has turned into all out war......I went ahead and loktited the overtravel screw...no problems (thanks for all the help)....I then decided, out of the blue, to go ahead and detail strip the gun to examine the sear and hammer (I got curious seeing how the ignition system is made of MIM parts and it felt to me that the trigger has become heavier since day one). Lo and behold there appears to be a very weird chip at the edge of the sear. It's right in the middle. Anyway, so I went to reassemble the pistol, as I have done thousands of times with other 1911's, and for some god forsaken reason, I can not for the life of me get the friggin' mainspring housing pin in!!!! I don't know if it's the S&A magwell or what, but this thing will not budge in....grip safety is in place, sear spring in place, everything seems right but I can't seem to get the pin into the MSH!!! man, this is just not my week or something.

oh yeah, one more question: to reduce overtravel, do I loosen the screw (counterclockwise)??

so if I just back the screw out a half-turn w/o putting any loktite on it, will the screw come loose? I'll let you know how it goes once I get to tinkering.

great, thanks, Brian. Do you then apply loktite or some such substance?? If so, does this require you to first completely remove the screw?

On my last range outing, I had something weird occur with my new pistol....I was shooting a string of shots, and I noticed that I couldn't squeeze off the next round, so I looked at the pistol and saw that the hammer was cocked...then it fell to half cock. I shot for the rest of the day with no problems (only about 225 rounds total)...When chambering a round into battery, I did not experience the same problem. To test, I did drop the slide on an empty chamber (geez I HATE doing this) to see if I would get hammer follow....the hammer stayed cocked. Is this just the overtravel screw set a little too far? How much should I back it off?

ah, i see how it works.....i just want a smallish regular mag release.....

wow, Eric, how does that work exactly?? shred, I've got a Kimber.....but *when* I get an SVI, I'll be sure to do that.....geez, I can't wait to be able to get an SVI.

As a leftie, when I shoot, I occasionally get skin removed from my middle finger where it apparently contacts the mag release....any suggestions on how to keep this from happening? is there a mag release that's a little more lefty friendly?

hey guys, I attend GMU but am currently on my internship year in WV....about three hours away (can ya hear the banjos?? can ya?). Try Oakton Park Apartments. We lived their with a dog. Address is: 3347 Willow Crescent Drive, Fairfax City, VA 22030. It also happens to be one of the cheapest places to live and takes only about 8 minutes to reach campus....lemme know if you ever want to go shooting!

you're my savior. Thanks a bunch.

Thank you so much L2S....you confirmed what I was thinking; that is, the problem is all in my weak-hand grip.....It's gonna take some getting used to putting the gun in my weak-hand at the reception position (during the draw). Any pointers?? If I use the Burkett "roll," I seem to struggle getting a good grip. Again, thanks a million. I can't wait to give 'er a go this weekend.

Hi all, Got to put a lot of rounds downrange yesterday. I was primarily working on tracking the front sight and noticed that it's not as consistent as it needs to be. Upon examining other aspects during shooting, I am aware of a couple of things: my arms move a bit with each shot (lift a few inches), and thus the pistol goes with them (I think having lost 35 lbs. on a diet may not have helped matters); in addition, I'm wondering if I need to cam my support hand down until it can't go no more....is this how all of you do it? Finally, during rapid fire, my shots are going down and to the right (I'm left handed), and it seems to me that I'm gorilla gripping the gun with my strong hand and that my trigger finger isn't moving quite as independently as it is when I shoot at a slower pace. Any suggestions for training and remediation of these ugly problems? I know some of the likely suggestions are to relax the strong hand more, but any in addition to this?

ok, i manned up and successfully used the dremel....I only removed 4 coils on my G19 with a 15 lb. ISMI....I need to remove another coil or two as I am sure that I can yield better results. thanks for the help!

darn, i was hoping that some kind of shears would work.....i'm dremel phobic.

thanks, i've read it already....your article was what inspired me to go ahead and give it a shot. funny question, but what do you cut your springs with?

dammit! really??? i just ordered two full size length ISMI springs......should i send 'em back or give em a try ya think?

what do you do if you are setting up a G19 and ISMI doesn't make compact springs?

I'm going to replace my stock guide rod and recoil spring and was wondering how all of you check for proper fit? In other words, how do you find a good starting point for lopping off coils?

From my own study of Korean Zen Buddhism, it is said that all the koan (or kong-an) practice one needs is found within the "10 Gates." It does appear that when one attains an understanding of these 10, other koans are also attained. I'm still stuck on the "cigarette man." Anyone ever heard this? I think I'm getting close to the answer, but still have yet to "get it."

If one is getting trigger freeze and slower than "average" splits, this would signal too much tension in the strong hand, correct? Personally, I probably have too much tension all over the place, but....

Just another vote for the South Beach Diet. What's great about it is that you only go off carbs for about two weeks. Then you slowly reintroduce the "good" carbs back into your diet. I've lost 15 pounds in about a month and my blood chemistry has significantly improved.

Thanks. Would you be willing to donate?

To add to Brian's astute observations, I have also noticed that when the thumb is pointing toward the target deliberately, additional (?) muscles appear to be used that helps the heel of the support hand to further stabiilize the platform. It was weird for me at first, but practice has made it automatic.

Duane: my mistake; i meant to say the heel of my hand....i was just saying that i had a good spot on my other pistola where the heel sort of locked into place...very firm. I've been dry-gripping like crazy and think I got it solved. It's all good learning. With each and every minute problem, I begin to learn more and more about the biomechanics involved in good shooting.

sure...what i have found that works for me is to only cam your wist far enough to have a proper linear alignment between the palm and the angle of the grip. If you cam too much (overcamming is what I'm calling it), such that the angle of your palm with the grip creates an "X," now matter how acute, will decrease the extent to which you're effectively managing recoil. The line of your palm must be congruent with the angle of your grip, producing a "//" instead of a "X" orientation. Hope that makes sense. Since I have done this, I have tons of control and get more consistent tracking....the reason I used to shoot a Glock well is because my natural tendency to overcam fits the steep angle of the glock grip.