I need some help from our resident spoon experts.
Yesterday I decided to disassemble my 1911 completely. (Gold Cup National Match series 80)
I just bought an acoustic cleaner and I wanted to test it out.
So the disassembly went smoothly. Without a lot of prior research I removed the slide and then proceeded with removing pins and parts from the frame.
All went pretty well and I placed the naked frame in the cleaning basket.
After half an hour of cleaning I took the frame out and started drying it with a cloth. (lesson learned: clean the part as good as you can before putting it in the cleaner. The amount of dirt of the frame was incredible, turning the cleaning liquid black in about five minutes.)
During drying, all of a sudden a small washer falls in my hand. It had to come from inside the frame. But, looking at the parts diagram I cannot find the damn thing anywhere. A mystery part.
Do any of you guys know where this washer came from? It is a little less than 6mm in diameter (just under ¼ inch)
I want to make sure I put the gun back together as it should be.
Also I noticed the lack of a firing pin safety dowel (items 10 and 33 on the schematic)
After some reading I know that this is not uncommon. People have removed them because it supposedly makes for a little less trigger feel or something? All I know the trigger was pretty nice and crisp before I took it apart.
Should I order new parts and install them as Colt intended? After all it is a safety feature.
Reading on the net show both pro and con.
