1911 fired when slide released

[SouthPaw]

BP is absolutely correct. I immediately thought of a Bubba with a Dremel going to town on the sear, or the overtravel screw was over adjusted. It could be a weak mainspring too like BP said, nevertheless, get the gun checked out by a gunsmith and determine what it is before firing it anymore.

1911 triggers are amazing animals. They can be modified to just about any shooter's desires, but they can also wear out, faster when made really light or cheap parts are used. But, they are rebuild fairly easy too. So, don't sweat it too much. If it need rebuilt, use high quality parts and don't go super light on the trigger weight and it will last a very long time.

Kind of reassuring if that is the problem. Hoping its not going to be to expensive to fix.

[SouthPaw]

Letting the slide slam on an empty chamber a couple of times is unfortunately a necessary evil when doing any fire control work on a 1911. It is about the only way you can check for hammer follow. Just don't as a regular habit.

Call me dumb and ignorant but I really had no idea that was actually damaging the firearm by doing this. It never crossed my mind but I am glad I know now and it won't happen again. Thanks for sharing the information.

[Atrain1]

Letting the slide slam on an empty chamber a couple of times is unfortunately a necessary evil when doing any fire control work on a 1911. It is about the only way you can check for hammer follow. Just don't as a regular habit.
I used to cringe when I worked in the shop and would hand a customer any semi auto with the action open. The very first thing they would do even after you told them not to do it was drop the slide.
Morons.
Your adjustment of the OT screw sounds about right-if anything err to the loose side a touch. A smidge of overtravel is far better than the sear nose getting hammered on the half cock notch.
Your recoil buffer will do nothing as far as slamming the slide into battery. It is to prevent the frame/dust cover from battering as the pistol reaches full recoil.

Thank you for the info that is how I learned how to perform a function test on a 1911 and it has passed all the checks thumb safety grip safety slowly letting slide drop while pulling trigger and the horrible part of dropping the slide on a emty chamber, I thought it would be better to use a spent case but after doing it to 2 of my 1911's it hit me that I was doing the extractor harm so as soon as I can I would like to go get some snap caps.

[SouthPaw]

Pistol is off to Springfield now. I took it to my gunsmith and after looking it over he felt it would be safest to send it in. Springfield has great customer service and is paying for shipping both ways and insurance. Will keep you posted on the results.

[BPTactical]

Curious to know what Springfield will do, especially if the issue is due to a kitchen table "trigger job". If this was a new pistol that malfunctioned I would agree with letting the factory deal with it.

[SouthPaw]

Curious to know what Springfield will do, especially if the issue is due to a kitchen table "trigger job". If this was a new pistol that malfunctioned I would agree with letting the factory deal with it.

Well after having a gun smith look at it to the best of what he could see he said the pistol does not look like it has ever been completly torn down other than cleaned.

[Atrain1]

Letting the slide slam on an empty chamber a couple of times is unfortunately a necessary evil when doing any fire control work on a 1911. It is about the only way you can check for hammer follow. Just don't as a regular habit.
I used to cringe when I worked in the shop and would hand a customer any semi auto with the action open. The very first thing they would do even after you told them not to do it was drop the slide.
Morons.
Your adjustment of the OT screw sounds about right-if anything err to the loose side a touch. A smidge of overtravel is far better than the sear nose getting hammered on the half cock notch.
Your recoil buffer will do nothing as far as slamming the slide into battery. It is to prevent the frame/dust cover from battering as the pistol reaches full recoil.

I know the buffer wont help when I drop the slide I just wanted to give you an idea how I take care of my guns, I also wanted to ask if a recoil buffer would help in a early Colt Delta Elite 10mm from my understanding they just took a 45 and turned it into a 10mm with a heavier recoil spring and few differences and I have been hearing they are only good for 5000 to 6000 rounds, and that the round is really hard on the 45 frame, I am talking real rounds like a strong home brew or Doubletap Thanks for your help.

[Atrain1]

Did you get the hammer follow problem fixed and if so what was it?

[SouthPaw]

Did you get the hammer follow problem fixed and if so what was it?

It is still at Springfield. They said it would be 10 days before I could even check the status of gun . Will keep you posted as soon as I hear results.

[BPTactical]

It is still at Springfield. They said it would be 10 days before I could even check the status of gun . Will keep you posted as soon as I hear results.

Woulda had it done 5 days ago