1911 ejector question

[Kruzr]

You did well in getting the red funny enough, the US made Springfields are just glued while the Brasillian ones are pinned. I prefer them to be pinned AND glued

You can find glued Mil Specs also. It depends on when it was made. They have changed over time.

The reason for the red rather than blue is the blue is made to break free with force. The red requires heat. Since the ejector takes a hit every round, it's best to use the permanent type.

[Q619]

You can find glued Mil Specs also. It depends on when it was made. They have changed over time.

The reason for the red rather than blue is the blue is made to break free with force. The red requires heat. Since the ejector takes a hit every round, it's best to use the permanent type.

I use red for everything.....there really isn't much use for blue, at least for me. I just use a TINY amount of red on something that I want to be able to take back off like grip screw bushings or the like and it'll still come off when you want it to if you do it right.

At least to this point, ALL the Imbel guns I've seen had pinned ejectors. I DID see an exception of a Genesseo stamped mil spec with a pinned ejector once though. Just a funny quirk I've noticed between the two different stampings.

[AeroEngi]

That's really strange. Why would they put pinned ejectors on the Brazilian made ones and not on the US made ones? Wouldn't it be more cost effective to have one way of securing the ejectors on all their 1911's?

[Sheldon]

The legs on the ejector will osmetimes break...the red loktite will make getting the broken piece out a bear no? You could just leave it there as it will be held in place by the slide....just have to be careful to not lose it when you take the slide off for cleaning.

[JTROKS]

Blue won't hold once oil and cleaning solvent get in there. I've used blue and red Loctite as a quick fix for ejector and front sights when I was shooting 3 times a week.

[Pryde]

That's really strange. Why would they put pinned ejectors on the Brazilian made ones and not on the US made ones? Wouldn't it be more cost effective to have one way of securing the ejectors on all their 1911's?

Because the ones from Brazil are made in state arms factories (Imbel) to mil/gov spec. The US made ones probably omit the pin as a cost-cutting measure since there is no "spec" for civilian guns.

[AeroEngi]

I just wanted to follow-up and for those who are interested, I applied the red loctite to the legs of the ejector and the damn thing is rock solid now. Thanks for all the help guys, I really appreciate it.