Rolex Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Started to get very light hit's on the primers today, first time. After cleaning out the FP and ext. hole I found that the FP is not always going all the way forward- but just enough to put a small hit on the primers- out of 90 rds had 6 like this! I can push in on the FP and it some how get's hung up on the FP block. Maybe it needs a new FP block?? Only has 1k rounds through it! Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmca Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Reloads? Could the primer have not been seated deep enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 What are we working on? CYa, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolex Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Not reloads- went back and the 6 fired- happened to factory also- you can push on the FP with a small punch and it will not come out the FP hole at times!! Something is binding/keeping the FP from going all the way forward ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Is there a reason you can't tell us what type of gun we are talking about? Just curious. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Take a good look in the firing pin tunnel, make sure the rear sight elevation screw (if you have an adjustable rear sight) is not protruding down into the tunnel. Merry Chrastmas, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolex Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 ChuckS- I missed that part- Its a SA 1911 5" .45ACP loaded, 1k put through it. I'll check the Bomar screw- thanks to all! Merry Xmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolex Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 YUP- I got it! Its the FP block! Its so loose that it moves up and down and hits the FP and keeps it from going forward! Looks like I have to have a new one fit! Again thanks to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I wasn't aware that the SA had a FPB in the loaded model. How is it activated? Another thing to check for is fragments from the FP spring. I had this happen on a single stack that saw a lot of dry fire. Later, Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIIID Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 The cause is the Springfield Ti firing pin, switch to a steel firing pin and the problem will go away. I think he is talking about the firing pin stop, not a firing pin block. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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