TREAT YOUR WOMEN RIGHT

Front Sight Firearms Training Institute has a great firearms training program going. They have an incredible blog, they do great things in the name of marksmanship training and weapons safety.

As a small arms trainer/instructor for over twenty-two years, my area of expertise is combat pistol marksmanship. I am a strong advocate for instructing civilians in weapons safety and firearms training in general, and I believe the essence of the Second Amendment is an armed citizenry, ready and able to provide for the common defense.

A disclaimer, however; I am not affiliated in any way with Front Sight - although given the opportunity I would participate in their operation in a heartbeat. I hope that I may find the time & wherewithall to become involved, even if it means simply participating as a student - then I may properly endorse Front Sight.

It is within this theme that I present Front Sight's material here, and hopefully the opportunity will come to learn more about their operation.







These guys aren't part of Front Sight but I slid them in here because of the terrific accent, and there is some value to what the guy is saying:




He talks about doing a pause before you shoot - we used to call it "taking that thousandth of a second pause to actually aim before you pull the trigger." I know - what a concept, right?



Now back to Front Sight - this bird is terrific as well:





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FIELD-STRIPPING YOUR 1911

Everybody who owns and operates an M1911 should know and understand how to strip it down to it's basic groups:







This is as far as I go in the field. I can disassemble further, of course; the firing pin / extractor group, mainspring group, and trigger group - but this is not necessary for daily cleaning, or basic problem solving.

Yesterday, a question came up, so I took the opportunity to create a post and share the knowledge with all:


The 1911 is my favorite of all handguns - my question is how to disassemble the mags for cleaning. I have some original Colt mags that I have no idea how to remove the floor plates. Can't find any cathes, latches or buttons. I haven't had any success with simply trying to slide it open, either; this will surely damage it.


ANSWER:

"Original" Colt mags have their floorplates welded to the tube.


Yes, that's a six round magazine - I carry a compact Model 1911 - S.L.


Stick a few rounds into the magazine, and then run a pin through the holes in the magazine tube to hold the spring down.





Remove the rounds and the follower should fall out the top too. Carefully remove the pin, and the spring will come free:








The spring and follower will come out now. Re-assembly's the reverse - about the only zinger is to watch the orientation of the spring v.s. the follower.




Use a tool like I did to drive the spring back down so you can pin it when trying to re-assemble the magazine, and then just drop the follower in and release the pin.

Remember: There are no stupid questions, only the ones which are never asked.



"Oh yeah? Well if that's the case, how come the Professor can make a radio out of a coconut, but can't he fix a hole in a boat?"

Let me re-phrase that. Sometimes there ARE stupid questions, but questions about guns, gun safety, and marksmanshp do not fall into that category.



SEAN LINNANE SENDS



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