Taking Apart your 1911- The ACW Way
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- It's a call we get all too often, here at ACW... "hi, can I get a new spring plug? I've scratched (or launched) it!". Well, we've finally given you a video you can go back and watch anytime that walks you through our way of disassembling the 1911 pistol. Sure, the GI Method has got us this far, but what the GI Method doesn't account for is tight-fit barrels and semi-custom build quality. So grab a Cheerwine, sit back, and watch our GEN Z Sales Kid ramble on about the "proper" way to take apart our 1911 pistols.
NOTE: This method is ONLY usable for guns with GI Guide Rods and Bushing Barrels.
If you're new to ACW, welcome! We're a group of 1911 enthusiasts that build some, in our opinion, pretty fine pistols! Staying true to the "old school" designs and build processes, our guns are hand-built in Fort Wayne, Indiana, using domestically sourced materials. We pride ourselves on celebrating the "classic" 1911 pistol, and if that's something you also find to be really cool, you should check out the links below:
Website: alchemy1911.com/
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Facebook: / alchemy1911
I was still having a lot of trouble with the slide stop, but then i yelled skiddily doo and it went right in. Thanks!
the "skiddily doo" is the most important part.
been disasembling the my old Colt gold cup for more than 50 years and haven't seen a dramatic change in performance and I'd say,no change at all...but whatever works for you
Excellent video. Educate and entertain. In Eli we Trust.
Weird... So very, very weird... I've been carrying a 1911 for almost 30 years and didn't realize there were any ways other than this to field strip... Browning was an f'n genius!
This is referred to as the army marksmanship method
Some people just need to be taught!
Then you need to watch Roy Huntington of American Handgunner more often. :-)
That bushing moved clockwise is not going to hurt anything if it does a marine don't need it! 30 year marine sgt. Hoorah little wear on barrell bullshit😂
Hilton Yam calls this the army marksmanship method.
Glad to see alchemy putting out a video on how to take down a 1911 the right way
The right way indeed
I just tried breaking my Springfield GI .45 this way. It works but, for me anyway, it’s easier to take the slide spring out the front first (I can do it easy without it flying off into the world or into my eye or my dog’s eye in the room with me). I can even do it without looking.
First let me say Thanks for not having NO Ads!!!
Well, I proved I'm an idiot, again. I used this method and managed to launch the GI guide rod across the garage and into that mysterious place where all firearms parts go to hide. I'll find it when I move... Good to have a 1911 spare parts bin.
I’ve done it this way for years. But I learned to field strip my 1911s the GI way.
As did I, and most folks! This is definitely the better way, imho.
NEVER SEEN DISASSEMBLING THIS WAY. I LIKE YOUR WAY OF DOING IT, IM GOING TO TRY IT MY SELF!! GOOD THING IS , I CAN REVIEW YOUR VIDEO AGAIN & AGAIN IF NEED TO!!!! THANKS BROTHERMAN🙂👍🙃😊~~ HOWARD M.~~ 4/12/2024
Thanks for this. Actually learned something new and useful, which is rare these days.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video, I use both methods at work. This one is a bit more difficult with a light rail. One trick I like is pop the single side thumb safety out, install slide stop with no pressure from plunger assembly. Reinstall thumb safety. Simple, of course doesn't work with the ambi safety. Many thanks for the video.
Great video man! I do not own an Alchemy, but I sure am thinking about it more each day.
Its nice to hear a name for this method that ive used for sometime. Thank you again for your informative content.
No worries!
Nicely explained.
Informative, nicely explained and nicely demonstrated, Eli. This method will definitely reduce the amount of space junk in orbit! Looking forward to a possible complete lower disassembly video from you. JMB was a genius, but he must have chuckled when he designed the disconnector and sear whenever he thought about the poor person first learning how to put those little devils back into the pistol the right way...
Fantastic Eli. A lot of us needed this. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I prefer the gi method on standard guide rods. Now on the full lenghth rod guns this is easier. Those spring plugs are so sharp, without the tool or something to press it down, is a nightmare!
This was a very informative and easy to follow video, thank you Sir!
Thank you for the tip--!
Happy to help!
Magnum PI!
Cool 😎 👍
This is also the Ed Brown preferred method, my bushing is so tight that it's almost impossible to turn at the end of the barrel. I have a two piece full length guide rod (also by Ed Brown) so I unscrew and remove the front of the guide rod first. It does take doing it a few times to get used to doing it this way, but I am comfortable with it now. Thanks for the video.
Been shoping for a high end 1911. Digging the Alchemys. Now to narrow down which one.
We appreciate that! Let us know if we can help you narrow it down!
DISASSEMBLY STARTS AT 1:48
this is a great video, but i’ll always remember your original tear down video on the shag carpet table.
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Jokes on you! I don’t take my Alchemy apart. I just shoot and lube it. Doing just fine so far.
Will the Alchemy slide stop fit other 1911s?
I do this since forever, always wondered why bother with the hastle of removing the barrel bushing first.
I just got a 1911 and I’m having hard time putting it back together. I’m for sure don’t want the idiot scratch. Great video . I’m need friend help my put it back together. I’m never gonna take it apart again what a nightmare
Right !!!that barrel catch pin doesn't just push back in so easy like they show
Wow
Eli - you know about the ACW1776 SN Prime Elite Commander FS on Addicts right? Surprised you haven’t snagged it yet 😎
Never seen someone wear a wool sweater under a wool sweater.
Ha ha ha
It must have been cold and damp that day in NC!
I'd rather address the bushing 1st and take the pressure of the recoil spring
Tolles Video 😂du hast alles falsch gemacht was möglich wäre 😂😂 LOL
Might be a bit of a bear with the 24 lb spring in my NH 10mm's, but I'll give it a whirl. I don't want to scratch my spring plugs, ugh.
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Does it work on a series 80 with GI guide rod?
Could you field strip a ACW the G.I way I only have one hand so I can’t do the ACW way
Enlighten me pls? Don’t u need to stick a paperclip in to be able to remove barrel and spring? 1911 newbie here..
I don’t understand (I admit, I’m new to 1911s). In fact, just got my first one from ACW. I tried this way and hard a hard time doing it (compressing the spring, sliding the frame on with all that pressure, inserting the slide stop with spring pressure). My buddy came over and showed me how to assemble with no pressure on the spring (I guess that’s called the GI method?). It seemed a heck of lot easier. Am I missing something? What are the advantages of doing it this way? Will it affect gun function?
I laid out the advantages in the video: the GI method will open you up to scratching your recoil spring plug, but more importantly, with the barrel in battery you're applying uncharacteristic wear to your bushing/barrel fit when the bushing is turned. This is the way many custom 1911 pistols are taken apart. As I stated, this method is something that you will need to practice, as it is more involved. However, once you know how to take apart a 1911 this way, you'll probably do it with all your 1911s- as I do.
This takes three times as long.
No…. It does not
Sure does
Cabot? Are you affiliated with that company?
This is the only way bushingless or compacts can be taken down so nothing new at all. I prefer the original old method! But am forced to do it in defenders officers compacts which is a pain. With a 5 inch its not so bad 16 lb spring, longer slide. On compact 22 lb spring shorter action uughh. The old way is NOT TRICKY AT ALL and u dont fight springs and can use to hands on slide release
Where is Rob at
Does ACW offer full length guide rods?
Dawson precision
We do not
Tokarev’s are easier that way. I’ll stick with designers method and use the bushing….
Oh yeah? You carry your gun with the hammer up like he designed (ref. 1911 & 1913 patent)?
Has nothing to do with disassembly. There’s more than one way to do most things. Like watching some kid fumble with a pocket hammerless.
@@robertallen8841 LOLOL.
Interesting.... but I will continue to take mine apart the way the US Army taught me.
Who’s disassembling their 1911 any other way than this?
ACW way? Been doing it that way for over 30 years after being shown how by a gunsmith who had been doing it for decades longer.
A whole lot of Bullsh#t ..... I've carried for over forty years without any problems !!!
Are you making click bait?
No