Slide Wear
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LaneP
Single-Sixer
Looks like typical initial wear when slide and frame begin settling in with each other on a brand new gun.
Everyone does these things a little differently but I use a light film of TW25B on the slide/frame bearing surfaces. Eventually the two surfaces will smooth into their long term 'wear pattern' with each other.
This is not only normal but enhances reliability over the long term.
Everyone does these things a little differently but I use a light film of TW25B on the slide/frame bearing surfaces. Eventually the two surfaces will smooth into their long term 'wear pattern' with each other.
This is not only normal but enhances reliability over the long term.
Rabon
Single-Sixer
Yes, looks like it wearing in nicely.
pisgah
Buckeye
Hey, you think that is bad? I bought brand-new tires for my truck almost 5 years ago, and now almost all the tread is gone! Is that normal, or should I send them back to the factory? :wink: :D
DGW1949
Hawkeye
pisgah said:
I guess ya didn't grease them enough. :wink: .
DGW
pjvrefugee
Single-Sixer
another case of society being backwards. we should have rubber roads and concrete tires.
looks like its "breaking in", and you may notice it will get smoother in time.....yes keep things oiled/lubed.
Chuck 100 yd
Hunter
What rugerguy and others said. Keep it lubricated. I use Shooters choice grease on the rails of my three SR1911`s . Rem-oil gets used on the rest of it.
The one picture that shows the rear of the portion of the slide where the recoil spring goes, there seems to be some battering going on there. What ammo are you using? It may need a stronger recoil spring.
The one picture that shows the rear of the portion of the slide where the recoil spring goes, there seems to be some battering going on there. What ammo are you using? It may need a stronger recoil spring.
Pat-inCO
Hawkeye
Slide to frame is the WORST place for grease in a 1911.Rodfac said:
I've seen several that will . . not . . feed properly with grease in the slide to frame,
but work perfectly with gun oil.
Some good gun oil works wonders.
Chuck 100 yd
Hunter
I have been using grease since I was an Army small arms repairman in the late 60`s .
Note: this stuff is not thick heavy grease like used on wheel bearings. It will almost flow at room temp and is not effected by cold or hot to any degree.
Note: this stuff is not thick heavy grease like used on wheel bearings. It will almost flow at room temp and is not effected by cold or hot to any degree.
DA_TriggR4Ruger
Hunter
It seems like that out of all my guns, my 1911s have always had the most accelerated wear... And it's not that I shot them more. Overall they required the most fine tuning, the most fitting to make the mags work right, my old Springfield GI stainless needed a buffer on one of the rails that was galling... Its hard to explain.
Jim Puke
Hunter
DA_TriggR4Ruger said:
And, somehow, mine have never required any fitting.
DA_TriggR4Ruger
Hunter
I'm actually happy for you and would have preferred my 1911 experiences to be as trouble free as yours.
Don't get me wrong, I love my 1911s. The one I still have at least. Still considering a RO and another SR1911 to replace my last SR1911
Don't get me wrong, I love my 1911s. The one I still have at least. Still considering a RO and another SR1911 to replace my last SR1911
I know it isn't a 1911 but I had a Smith and Wesson model 41. I know what you mean DA, this gun required the most fitting ever with the slide and magazines just to get it to function.
Do 1911s require so much tinkering because of the caliber and pressures involved? Will the fitting make them more accurate, ?
Do 1911s require so much tinkering because of the caliber and pressures involved? Will the fitting make them more accurate, ?
DA_TriggR4Ruger
Hunter
The .45 ACP is a low pressure round. So I know it's not that. It's hard to specify just one thing that was the problem.
My Springfield GI needed a buffer wheel on the left frame rail. The stainless had gaulled and was grinding. The slide would hang up in the rear position. After it was fixed, it was the most accurate gun I had purchased at the time. It would not feed hollow points though and reliability was iffy. So I tuned and tweaked the magazines.
My next handgun purchase was a Ruger P97. It was VERY reliable. The accuracy was great, and the sights worked better for me. It fed FMJs and HPs and all 6 of my magazines for it needed NO tweaking.
I then had an opportunity to trade off my GI stainless for a Loaded Stainless. Not too much cash was involved, so I did it.
It was TIGHT. Gaulling was terrible. The slide ceased up while shooting it. The gun shop owner orders a new one for me and receives an rma on that one.
New one comes in a couple days later. Greased all the parts that mated together and worked the slide about 1000 times until it would move freely without sticking. Put CLP in it and ran a 50 round box trouble free. Purchased extra mags for it and they ALL needed fitting to run right!
Eventually sold the P97 to a friend who was getting into guns. He loved it.
My next .45 would be a Ruger... SR1911
This is how they should be done! Not so damn tight It would not work. Correctly machined internals, everything ran fine, except... Some of the mags I tweaked for the Springers needed to be REtweaked for the SR1911. Found out about how bad the rust issue could get on these. I'll look for the thread I had pics posted in. It was BAD. But I do miss my Ruger 45s. sometimes...
I still haven't had a chance to shoot the RIA, but it seems smoother than the other 1911s I have owned. A buddy of mine keeps drooling all over it, but I think I'm gonna keep this one!
My next .45 may actually be a Sig P220 instead of a 1911... I have seen them go toe-to-toe against 1911s in the accuracy dept. AND if it's as reliable as my P226, I have a clear winner.
My Springfield GI needed a buffer wheel on the left frame rail. The stainless had gaulled and was grinding. The slide would hang up in the rear position. After it was fixed, it was the most accurate gun I had purchased at the time. It would not feed hollow points though and reliability was iffy. So I tuned and tweaked the magazines.
My next handgun purchase was a Ruger P97. It was VERY reliable. The accuracy was great, and the sights worked better for me. It fed FMJs and HPs and all 6 of my magazines for it needed NO tweaking.
I then had an opportunity to trade off my GI stainless for a Loaded Stainless. Not too much cash was involved, so I did it.
It was TIGHT. Gaulling was terrible. The slide ceased up while shooting it. The gun shop owner orders a new one for me and receives an rma on that one.
New one comes in a couple days later. Greased all the parts that mated together and worked the slide about 1000 times until it would move freely without sticking. Put CLP in it and ran a 50 round box trouble free. Purchased extra mags for it and they ALL needed fitting to run right!
Eventually sold the P97 to a friend who was getting into guns. He loved it.
My next .45 would be a Ruger... SR1911
This is how they should be done! Not so damn tight It would not work. Correctly machined internals, everything ran fine, except... Some of the mags I tweaked for the Springers needed to be REtweaked for the SR1911. Found out about how bad the rust issue could get on these. I'll look for the thread I had pics posted in. It was BAD. But I do miss my Ruger 45s. sometimes...
I still haven't had a chance to shoot the RIA, but it seems smoother than the other 1911s I have owned. A buddy of mine keeps drooling all over it, but I think I'm gonna keep this one!
My next .45 may actually be a Sig P220 instead of a 1911... I have seen them go toe-to-toe against 1911s in the accuracy dept. AND if it's as reliable as my P226, I have a clear winner.
Hey Thanks for all the info. It is interesting how some guns work so will and another of the same gun will have issues.
DA_TriggR4Ruger
Hunter
I was digging through some old photos and found...
I sure miss those. lol
I sure miss those. lol
