1911 grip safety malfunction??

[Bturna]

So tonight I was playing with my para GI expert 1911. Testing out the safety and grip safety. Making sure everything was still functioning properly. Well, while testing the grip safety, I found the hammer would fall after squeezing the trigger two or three times without depressing the grip. Its a little unnerving to say the least. Is there any easy way to fix this or should I just send it off to para and hope I get it back sometime this year?

[dewalt-2]

Does the grip safety feel loose? You may just need to tweak the leg of the sear spring that the grip safety rests on. Good luck.

[Bturna]

I don't have another 1911 near by to compare...but the grip safety seems to have quite a bit of play in it. Rattles like a bitch and moves side to side.

[dewalt-2]

Shouldn't be that loose. Do you know how to detail strip it?

[Bturna]

Yep. Detail stripping is no problem. I learned quite a few lessons the first time I did that!

[Bturna]

Just discovered when I hold the gun at a downward angle, it depresses the grip safety. Seems like the sear spring does need tweaked....

[mrnyman]

If you hold it downward and it depreses the grip safety it is definately too loose , not enough tension. I would just just change the darn spring, Para do not make these springs they are contracted out but the person who assembled the gun should have caught it.

Nyman

[lance4682]

my 1911was doing that after realizing the ambi safety had play caused from me not putting the safety plunger lock in after a detail stripping