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Since I detail stripped and did some work recently on my Colt Mark IV Series 80 Government, I just noticed that when I rack the slide after dry firing with the trigger still depressed, like "shooting to reset" on a striker fire gun, the hammer doesn't cock back like it does with my Springfield 1911 (without the firing pin block).
Is this normal for Series 80 pistols? Is it some function of the firing pin block? This is the same pistol I'm trying to determine why the trigger pull has gone from 4.5-5lbs to 7 lbs after going to great pains to "properly" fit and install a new beavertail grip safety.
Is this normal for Series 80 pistols? Is it some function of the firing pin block? This is the same pistol I'm trying to determine why the trigger pull has gone from 4.5-5lbs to 7 lbs after going to great pains to "properly" fit and install a new beavertail grip safety.
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