Para Expert extra part

[bwxmas]

Took off my backstrap, and this fell offf. I asked Para about it, and they said it was the pin from safety to slide lock, but those are all there, and I had not taken them off yet.

I am guessing they were an extra from manufacture. any guesses.

I used noi tools, so the marks are from roling around in the backstrap I guess

Thanks

Lee

Edited May 30, 2014 by bwxmas

[Pat Miles]

Looks like one end of the thumb safety/slide stop spring assembly. 1 spring plus a detent on each end.

Pat

[Guest]

Was your grip safety pinned?

Maybe they used this as the pin. Most use a roll pin or drill rod, but lots of make-shift things can be used. Is there an empy hole on the top of your mainspring housing?

[bwxmas]

The grip safety has its own pin, it fits with the safety, and is secured by the backstrap at the bottom.

What got me, is this was my first teardown of a 1911, and the first thing I see when I drop the backstrap, is this pin laying on the spring.

The pistol had locked up last week, (meaning you could not pull the trigger, until you jostled it around a bit) and would not shoot a couple of times.

I now think this pin was rattling around, and getting up around the grip safety not letting it release.

Thanks for the replies though, and if you have any other suggestions, let me know.

Lee

[jiw275]

Bamboo is asking you if the grip safety was defeated by being held in due to another pin.