Yeah, but considering how much the round should have dropped by then it was still atrocious at short ranges. I think it was about six inches at twenty feet.
I just can’t get the safeties off to get the grip safety off. I’m hoping with a little wear, it will finally loosen up.
No dremel. I was going to hand file and just break the edges around the top.
Oh, let me explain about the yardage. I have access to 400 yards. We shoot clay birds on a dirt bank at 70 yards with handguns and half a welding tank with rifles at 400. Everything has been laser ranged.
I got an S&W 1911 a couple of years ago and planned on shooting it at a state match in few days. I'm cleaning it after a couple of weekend matches and I'm really trying to get all the grit out of it.
I decide to take the back strap off and hose it out with spray bore scrubber. I had seen someone do this before, I was essentially still a novice when it came to 1911 care and cleaning.
In my case, once the grips were off, the ambi safeties came out easy. I step back from the bench and start hosing it down with the Bore Scrubber. I'm turning the receiver this way and that, and then I hear a tinkling noise. I say whuh?, turn the receiver the other way and hear more tinkling noise. At this point I realize the noise I'm hearing is the sear, disconnect and assorted pins bouncing on the floor of the garage.
I got my big magnet out and was able to recover all the parts off the floor, then spent an hour or so downloading schematics from Brownells trying to figure out how to get it all back together.
All in all, a learning experience.