ElevenO
09-02-2005, 22:28
A couple of weeks ago I had to contact springfield armory's customer service department in order to obtain a new mainspring housing retainer pin (for my loaded 5" government model .45 acp) since the original pin (that had come with the gun), for some reason or another, had broken in half. Anyway, I received a brand new pin 2 days ago and I installed it into the gun but now I seem to have 4 brand new problems:
1) The hammer will not lock back into the fully cocked position almost no matter what I do. Sometimes the hammer will manage to lock back but, lately, it's a rare (and, practically, a non-existent) occurance.
2) The frame safety is very difficult (and, at most times, entirely impossible) to engage into the "safe/up" position. I realize that it isn't supposed to engage when the hammer is lowered/uncocked but even on the few times when I actually manage to get the hammer cocked it is still difficult to engage the safety into the "safe/up" position.
3) The trigger (which, formerly---before I had to replace the old m.s. housing retainer pin---was originally pretty good and light) now feels very very rough and, in fact, it is now very difficult to squeeze and dry fire.
4) My 7- and 8-round government model mags are very difficult to place into (and release from) the magazine well once I have the gun back together and fully assembled. It's easy to place them into the gun when the mainspring housing is completly removed from the weapon but, when I reassemble the gun, the mags become very difficult to place into the gun or, if they are in the gun, they are difficult to remove from the mag well.
Personally, I don't think anything's wrong with my loaded model itself and I think the real culprit is that I'm reassembling the weapon incorrectly. However, I want to make sure that is, in fact, the case. Have I done something incorrect or is something else wrong with my government model? Thanks in advance for any help I may receive.
1) The hammer will not lock back into the fully cocked position almost no matter what I do. Sometimes the hammer will manage to lock back but, lately, it's a rare (and, practically, a non-existent) occurance.
2) The frame safety is very difficult (and, at most times, entirely impossible) to engage into the "safe/up" position. I realize that it isn't supposed to engage when the hammer is lowered/uncocked but even on the few times when I actually manage to get the hammer cocked it is still difficult to engage the safety into the "safe/up" position.
3) The trigger (which, formerly---before I had to replace the old m.s. housing retainer pin---was originally pretty good and light) now feels very very rough and, in fact, it is now very difficult to squeeze and dry fire.
4) My 7- and 8-round government model mags are very difficult to place into (and release from) the magazine well once I have the gun back together and fully assembled. It's easy to place them into the gun when the mainspring housing is completly removed from the weapon but, when I reassemble the gun, the mags become very difficult to place into the gun or, if they are in the gun, they are difficult to remove from the mag well.
Personally, I don't think anything's wrong with my loaded model itself and I think the real culprit is that I'm reassembling the weapon incorrectly. However, I want to make sure that is, in fact, the case. Have I done something incorrect or is something else wrong with my government model? Thanks in advance for any help I may receive.
