Hey guys,
Here is my dilemma. A few months ago I bought a .22 conversion kit from Tactical Solutions for my 1911. From the start I had problems getting it to fit onto my frame. I had to take a file and slightly reshape the extractor to get the slide to fully seat. A trip to the range revealed problems chambering rounds from the magazine. At least twice a magazine, the slide would retract after a fired round but would not go forward to chamber a new round. The conversion would also never pick up the last round from the magazine. A week ago I sent an email to customer service at Tactical Solutions detailing my problems. They got back to me right away (within 24 hrs) and suggested further modification to the extractor's shape and a slight modification to the magazine. I was told that if this didn't work I would probably have to send my frame and conversion kit to T.S. and they would fit them together for me. Well I played with it a little, but I still had some resistance with the slide's movement even without the extractor installed so I am thinking that might not be the whole problem. The 1911 in question is a S&W 1911 scandium commander that is bone stock.
I am a bit leery of sending to T.S., for fitting because is use my 1911 as a carry gun. Obviously, I wouldn't want anything done to my frame etc. that would compromise its safety or reliability when firing 45 ACP.
Would I be better off trying to get a good local gunsmith to look at the problem?
Send it off to Tactical Solutions for fitting?
Just build the conversion up on a new frame as a dedicated .22lr 1911? (I would love to do this but have no idea how much money this would be)
(I am fairly new to handguns so please forgive my ignorance in regards to terminology and parts names.)
Any comments are appreciated
Thanks
Dan
Here is my dilemma. A few months ago I bought a .22 conversion kit from Tactical Solutions for my 1911. From the start I had problems getting it to fit onto my frame. I had to take a file and slightly reshape the extractor to get the slide to fully seat. A trip to the range revealed problems chambering rounds from the magazine. At least twice a magazine, the slide would retract after a fired round but would not go forward to chamber a new round. The conversion would also never pick up the last round from the magazine. A week ago I sent an email to customer service at Tactical Solutions detailing my problems. They got back to me right away (within 24 hrs) and suggested further modification to the extractor's shape and a slight modification to the magazine. I was told that if this didn't work I would probably have to send my frame and conversion kit to T.S. and they would fit them together for me. Well I played with it a little, but I still had some resistance with the slide's movement even without the extractor installed so I am thinking that might not be the whole problem. The 1911 in question is a S&W 1911 scandium commander that is bone stock.
I am a bit leery of sending to T.S., for fitting because is use my 1911 as a carry gun. Obviously, I wouldn't want anything done to my frame etc. that would compromise its safety or reliability when firing 45 ACP.
Would I be better off trying to get a good local gunsmith to look at the problem?
Send it off to Tactical Solutions for fitting?
Just build the conversion up on a new frame as a dedicated .22lr 1911? (I would love to do this but have no idea how much money this would be)
(I am fairly new to handguns so please forgive my ignorance in regards to terminology and parts names.)
Any comments are appreciated
Thanks
Dan