UW Mitch Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 The other night I was working on two guns that have bull barrels. So I needed to compress the spring and reverse plug and put my little paper clip in it to reassemble after cleaning. It was a real pain in the ass. So I came up with this. I look a 1911 bushing tool, drilled a hole in the center slightly larger than the guide rod, then milled a little slot for the paper clip to pass through. So now I can get a better handle on compressing the spring and putting the paper clip in. Hope this helps. What other shortcut tools have you guys made? ~Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr2e Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 i drilled a hole towards the side of a small block of wood, small enough so the rod would fit but not the plug, and opened up a side of the hole so i could insert the "paper clip". gets the assembly back together. have fun on saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boz1911 Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 I just push the assembly back through the slide and reinstall the paper clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 12# recoil spring. I just do it by hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Med Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 12# recoil spring. I just do it by hand. Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UW Mitch Posted May 8, 2009 Author Share Posted May 8, 2009 This was for the STI Tactical in 45acp - full dust cover, 18# spring. Glad everyone else has their work around! Dave - let me know when your block of wood wears out (you've seen my moon clip pusher right?) - I'll send you one of these plastic jobs. ~Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stockton Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 12# recoil spring. I just do it by hand. Yep. Dude... that's RUDE!... ...Not everyone has opposable thumbs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Here's mine: Later, Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 I just push the assembly back through the slide and reinstall the paper clip. +1 the reverse plug hole in the slide works very well to hold the plug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaster113 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 (edited) 12# recoil spring. I just do it by hand. Same here too. I'd love to have one of those Dawson tooless guide rods and be done with those damn paperclips... Edited May 19, 2009 by SIG shooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaster113 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 12# recoil spring. I just do it by hand. Same here too. I'd love to have one of those Dawson tooless guide rods and be done with those damn paperclips... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmaass Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 I like the ability to use a simple bent paperclip for my Open guns. I can always find one - in fact there are probably 30 of them at various places in my shooting bag, stuck in my carpet, etc. My new carry gun is frustrating. It's a Springfield Armory EMP in .40 S&W (a size-reduced 1911 with 3-inch barrel), and the guide rod has no hole in it. The diameter of the rod is probably too small to allow a useful hole without weakening the part, and they provide a little plastic piece to use. It's a half-cylinder, with the inside diameter the same as the outside diameter of the guide rod, and it snaps into place over the guide rod when the spring is compressed. My problem is that they provide only one of these 5-cent "tools". If I lose it, I'm pretty much screwed! Is there a standard "field expedient" method for guns like this, should the little plastic tool get lost? I suspect that other small 1911-variants have similar spring arangements? (Yes, I'm contacting Springfield to order a pile of these plastic doo-dahs.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ BAD Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Get the Dawson Tooless Guide Rod and quit fiddling around with paper clips! They are a little pricey but I must admit they work great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraTen Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Here's mine: Later, Chuck I like that one. Quick and dirty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 It's long fallen off the main pages, but amazingly similar: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3902. I like integrating it to a bushing wrench for bushing guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UW Mitch Posted June 19, 2009 Author Share Posted June 19, 2009 It's long fallen off the main pages, but amazingly similar: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3902. I like integrating it to a bushing wrench for bushing guns. Shred - great way of doing it! I think I'll hit another bigger hold to go on the reverse plug like yours! Thanks! Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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