You don’t have to live with it. I took mine out of the box and went to work with a file. Grip safety/beaver tail and thumb safety all had sharp edges. Now smooth as butter. Its a tool. Treat it like one.
Concerning the markings under the slide; I've seen one youtuber report the same problem. Another youtuber did a disassembly and I noticed his didn't have the markings at all. I wonder if Springfield stopped doing the markings OR started at some point. Seems like a terrible idea on their part. Awesome color grading and lighting btw.
but no front strap checkering......come on springfield....i got an older TRP for duty....put a ISMI recoil spring and a Aftac extractor in it....trust me......
Any concern about life-span? Hoping I can grab one of these and keep it as my main range forever and put a lot of rounds through it throughout years to come.
I have the same pistol mounted with a Streamlight TLR-1 1,000 lumen light, replaced the G10 grips with a Pachmayr Diamond Pro rubber grips with the front finger grooves cut off, a 3.7 pound trigger after a quick trip to my gunsmith, and a piece of Talon Grip Tape on the front strap. Replaced the original 16 pound recoil springs with 17 pound spring. I also use Wilson Combat magazines, especially the 10 rounder when it pulls home defense duty. It pulls night stand duty as it is doing this week. This is now a great pistol for camping or hiking companion pistol, exploring dark, scary woods, or abandoned buildings.
Picked up a Garrison in Stainless. It did the same thing. On it I believe its the disconnector dragging. I am almost through a break in on it at about 200 rounds. I don't know what your oil or grease regimen is. Recently switched to Lucas products. I used a small amounts of grease on the rails and a dab on the disconnector with everything else getting oil. It smoothed things up a bit. It is just now beginning to feel right. SA uses some pretty stiff recoil and main springs. Do you find after 1k that it seems smoother in cycling? Out of the box it was very stiff to rack and even cock the hammer. Its improving. Great vid and information.
Love the channel and your videos! Clear, concise, and topics people are curious about. In your other videos, you mentioned you've had 1911s in both 9mm and .45, which do you prefer? And if you could buy this gun over again, would you stick with .45?
Go ahead and hit those engravings with a file. I work in a machine shop. Files leave a much smoother finish than you think (when held flat). Harbor Freight has a small file set for $2.
Old Snake’s main handgun in MGS4.
5 minutes of this guy crying about fit n finish and little blem marks lol
You don’t have to live with it. I took mine out of the box and went to work with a file. Grip safety/beaver tail and thumb safety all had sharp edges. Now smooth as butter. Its a tool. Treat it like one.
Concerning the markings under the slide; I've seen one youtuber report the same problem. Another youtuber did a disassembly and I noticed his didn't have the markings at all. I wonder if Springfield stopped doing the markings OR started at some point. Seems like a terrible idea on their part. Awesome color grading and lighting btw.
Bought a new Garrison it had missing finish and had been test fired hundreds of round lots of wear on the slide. Looked 5 years old out of the box
Just found your channel, extremely underrated and feels like you should have way more subs! Keep up the fantastic work man!
Mine is having failure to feed issues might be selling it
but no front strap checkering......come on springfield....i got an older TRP for duty....put a ISMI recoil spring and a Aftac extractor in it....trust me......
It rubs on the disconnector I think, it's spring loaded
Any concern about life-span? Hoping I can grab one of these and keep it as my main range forever and put a lot of rounds through it throughout years to come.
That’s a great 1911 you have there. 😊😎👍🇺🇸
Good edit, lighting, and angles. Solid vid.
I have the same pistol mounted with a Streamlight TLR-1 1,000 lumen light, replaced the G10 grips with a Pachmayr Diamond Pro rubber grips with the front finger grooves cut off, a 3.7 pound trigger after a quick trip to my gunsmith, and a piece of Talon Grip Tape on the front strap. Replaced the original 16 pound recoil springs with 17 pound spring. I also use Wilson Combat magazines, especially the 10 rounder when it pulls home defense duty. It pulls night stand duty as it is doing this week. This is now a great pistol for camping or hiking companion pistol, exploring dark, scary woods, or abandoned buildings.
Another awesome video, dope stuff
Great video, I really like that 1911. 👍
thats a great gun, i just got mine and i love it
Picked up a Garrison in Stainless. It did the same thing. On it I believe its the disconnector dragging. I am almost through a break in on it at about 200 rounds. I don't know what your oil or grease regimen is. Recently switched to Lucas products. I used a small amounts of grease on the rails and a dab on the disconnector with everything else getting oil. It smoothed things up a bit. It is just now beginning to feel right. SA uses some pretty stiff recoil and main springs. Do you find after 1k that it seems smoother in cycling? Out of the box it was very stiff to rack and even cock the hammer. Its improving. Great vid and information.
Love the channel and your videos! Clear, concise, and topics people are curious about. In your other videos, you mentioned you've had 1911s in both 9mm and .45, which do you prefer? And if you could buy this gun over again, would you stick with .45?
nice review
Go ahead and hit those engravings with a file. I work in a machine shop. Files leave a much smoother finish than you think (when held flat). Harbor Freight has a small file set for $2.