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Rusty Garrison follow up
So the Garrison went back to SA on 7 Sep. I sent it with a letter describing the issue and some additional items I wanted, and would pay to have done, trigger swap, mainspring housing swap, trigger work, grip screw swap. On 16 Oct I received an email giving me a couple of options refinish the... -
Rusty Garrison, 6 day followup - rusting faster now!
I posted about my rusted Garrison, 6 days ago on Thursday, how great Springfield's response was, completely refinishing the gun for free. I received it back on Thursday, Friday I took it to the range and put about 150 rounds of ball through it, then about 100 rnds of my carry ammo, Winchester... -
Garrison, covered in rust, great response from Springfield.
A while back I posted about my difficulty in removing the rear sight from my Springfield Garrison. Well I put it in the safe until sending it to Springfield. About a month and a half or two months later I took it out and it was covered in rust. Nothing else in my safe had a spec of rust on... -
Garrison sight removal PITA.
I purchased a Garrison 1911 on Friday, also ordered replacement sights from Springfield, (Operator sights). The sights arrived today and I attempted to swap them, a simple job right? Well the Novak rear sight on the Garrison will not budge. First and foremost I removed the set screw in the... -
DeSantis 1911 holsters - now molded specifically for SIG profile slides.
I just purchased a DeSantis Mad Max for my Mil-Spec. I was surprised when I received it to see that the holster was clearly molded for a SIG Sauer 1911 and not the standard slide profile. The holster fails the drop test, hold it upside down and the gun s slide right out. You can see light... -
Milt Sparks most comfortable IWB holster for Government Model
Going through my holsters for my 1911s I was only able to find about 2 dozen... So obviously I need a new one. I'm going to order a new holster from Milt Sparks and I wanted to hear from folks with experience with some of their IWB holsters. Specifically the Summer Special 2, Executives... -
Novak sights - why?
Why are Novak sights still being put on pistols intended for combat use? Since their introduction I have never been a fan of Novak sights. That snag free ramp rear sight is the problem. The problem being that it is too snag free. I was taught that you may need to be able to operate your...