Hammer/Sear Jig ...

[jugrunner]

your thoughts on the best jig - Ed Brown or that Marvel thing ? - maybe something else ?

I'm concerned about small variations from frame to frame and am considering just using external pins and work down mounted on each individual frame ... ?

the jigs would be very usefull for working the "angle" of attack tho ... a little dykem and a little luck ... ?

TIA: ... :beer:

[billyreed1]

I COULD HAVE used something like that yesterday- After shooting my PARA .
being a series 80 style the two extra pieces that one goes on the right side of the disconnector/sear inside the frame,the other on the right side inside of the frame were the hammer pin goes through it, were hard to get in. I used a glock disassembly/assembly tool - (I recommend everyone have one of these in their tools-you can do everything but two things 1) unscrew the mag release 2)put a guide-rod recoil spring cap) - from the right side to hold them in place as I re-assembled step by step. Have not done a series 80 style with those two extra pieces in a 1911a1 in years. To make things worse I dry fired it by accident,so when I asembled it more than 3 times I thought I may have put those 2 pieces in wrong. It was the sear spring that was bent-- lesson-learned 1)do not dry fire a 1911a1 with the slide off. even by accident.2)look at the parts thoroughly if it does not cock,release or cant be cocked-something is wrong.3) If you have not done it in a while read some disassembly/assembly instructions and 4) to go with this thread have a THIRD hand of some sort if needed...

[ggiilliiee]

doing it external on the frame with extended pins has always been the best way .....to fit the gun you have

[Outlander]

I have no experiance with the Ed Brown unit, but the marvel works very well. Costs more tho.

[TerryN]

The Power Custom jig is the shitz, but expensive. With different adapters, you can do many different guns.

For a 1911-only jig, get the Marvel.

[Eugene69]

Originally posted by TerryN
The Power Custom jig is the shitz, but expensive. With different adapters, you can do many different guns.

For a 1911-only jig, get the Marvel.

2nd that, I have the Power Custom jig with all the bits, does a great job, use good internals, not cheap cast crap, and you wont have to touch for tens of thousands of rounds.