191 gripa and lower corner notch

lock stock and barrel

why are 1911 grips always notched for the pin where the main spring is located???

Hawk Carse

So you can remove the pin and take out the mainspring housing without taking the grips off.

lock stock and barrel

so how often does that pin get removed or adjusted??

charliemeyer007

The pistol needs no tools to take it apart. Roll around in a slimy trench of take cover in a shell or bomb crater full of muck and you will be thankful to have easy access to the innards.

TANK78Z

to do a full detail strip and clean once a year for me,
I would think the grips were spec'd that way for ease of removal of the mainspring housing under field conditions, where you might save time, and also have one less thing to lose, the grip screws.
I think 95 % of all owners of a 1911 style pistol have never removed the pin and mainspring housing.

perry shooter

Well tank78Z I am surely one of those 5% that has [:D] one needs to remove the main spring housing to then be able to remove the 3 leaf spring this in turn alllow you to use the three leaf spring to turn the small screw in the Magazine release To remove the magazine release to then be able to remove the trigger. As Charlie 007 stated many military small arms are purpose built to need no tools or very few tools to take apart to clean [^]

EDIThello Lock ,Stock,& Barrel. Grips for a 1911 style pistol are plentiful and Cheap Cheap cheap The top end is much more complicated for fit You have the magazine release 1/2 moon cut out and the safety /slide stop pin Plunger tube to contend with.

lock stock and barrel

thanks for the info
I,ll go ahead and make some homade grip panels..

dcs shooters

quote:Originally posted by lock stock and barrel
thanks for the info
I,ll go ahead and make some homade grip panels..


WHY [?][?] When mag well stock panels are plentiful [;)]