Springfield Online Store

[penciljockey]

People like to customize their 1911's and do it themselves. I know I do. and if SA would make parts that I knew would fit in my SA, I would be much more likely to buy from them. I am talking about SA selling parts for SA owners. Not the world supply of 1911 brands.

Yeah me too! That's all I'm saying.

[penciljockey]

Things like the Ambi Safeties and the Grip Safeties they will only work on if you send the gun in. They will not sell them to you. They offered to replace my Grip Safety for free but I had to send my gun in. For half of the price of shipping to Springfield, I bought a Caspian Grip Safety from Brownells (C&R dealer discount) that was basically a solid piece, and not hollowed out like the original. 5 minutes of filing, and voila. I prefer customizing my stuff instead of having the factory work on it. The only thing I won't try is the front strap checkering. I have done a fair amount of work on this beauty .

What thumb safety is that?

[penciljockey]

Things like the Ambi Safeties and the Grip Safeties they will only work on if you send the gun in. They will not sell them to you. They offered to replace my Grip Safety for free but I had to send my gun in. For half of the price of shipping to Springfield, I bought a Caspian Grip Safety from Brownells (C&R dealer discount) that was basically a solid piece, and not hollowed out like the original. 5 minutes of filing, and voila. I prefer customizing my stuff instead of having the factory work on it. The only thing I won't try is the front strap checkering. I have done a fair amount of work on this beauty .

What thumb safety is that?

[penciljockey]

Really? Is that a fact?

[penciljockey]

So are you saying all parts for 1911's should fit any 1911?

[InGrAM]

Kimber parts don't fit into Kimber guns any better than the average part by another manufacturer.

SA parts don't fit into SA guns any better than the average part by another manufacturer.

Well that is fine, but do SA parts match SA 1911 finishes better than say a Wilson or a Ed brown 1911 part? Yes. NTM a lot of people including myself like having one company make a set of parts, then everything can match. I am not getting what your problem is with this?

[stormvet]

This poll shows how ridiculous it is to have a poll on this site and expect honest and thought out answers.

If you read the question and answer it based off the question asked, how can any company not selling their product to someone that wants to buy it. Make it more desirable?

The correct answer is it cant. That doesn't mean S.A. is a bad company or makes a bad gun. But are you really gonna tell me that because S.A. wont sell you a part that you may want, makes S.A. even more desirable to you then if they did. Come on.

[NiteQwill]

Yes, in most cases a properly fitted government 1911 part will fit any 1911. Sans the obvious sig or s&with series platforms. Oversized parts are common and most, if not all, require fitting to some degree.

[penciljockey]

Well I think SA would be making lots of customers happy if they offered parts like Kimber does. What's wrong with that? What SA 1911 owner wouldn't want that? I don't understand how anyone would say it wouldn't make owning an SA more desirable. Convenience is always something customers want.

[penciljockey]

I've actually emailed them about this. I doubt they will do anything about it, but it's worth a try.

[penciljockey]

Well what if it's as simple as wanting to change your blued grip safety for a non blued grip safety? I have a Springfield loaded and it has a black grip safety and I want to change it for a stainless for cosmetic purposes and I don't want to spend the money on a Wilson Bullet proof grip safety and on top of that send it to a smith to do the work. Do you see where I'm coming from?

[-hanko]

I just wanted to express my lack of satisfaction when it comes to the Springfield online store for 1911 parts. I was looking at Kimber's store and theirs rocks!!!! What's up with Springfield? I would think they would make a killing selling upgrades for their 1911's. Kimber even sells grip safeties to their customers and I imagine depending on what pistol you have it should be a drop in part. I just want to swap out my mim parts for stainless. Is that too much to ask Springfield? The grip safety is the one part which is giving me the biggest headache and the thumb safety is some work too. Please Springfield sell your parts to your loyal customers.

Just a few thoughts...

Both a grip safety and a thumb safety are not drop-in parts...they need to be fitted to the individual gun by someone with the correct tools (in this case, typically files and stones designed for the jobs). I'm not aware of drop-in variants for either part, but if you know of some I'll stand corrected.

Check Brownells, Midway, and any other sources you can find...good place to start may be the 1911 forums. You're now not only looking for the pieces but also for somebody with the knowledge to install them correctly.

If you're interested in a diy upgrade, and/or want to become VERY knowledgeable about the 1911, get Kuhnhausen's The Colt .45 Automatic, A Shop Manual. Volume I will give you way more than you're needing now and get you up to speed for other stuff, Volume II gets into racy mods. BEST money you'll spend on your .45.

hth

-hanko

[penciljockey]

See everything everyone is saying would still stay the same except SA would sell the parts they make for their guns and sell them to their customers. What a concept!

[NiteQwill]

Penciljockey, I think you're missing the point... No 1911 part is truly drop in sans grips.

[bombadillo]

So are you saying all parts for 1911's should fit any 1911?

Yeah, pretty much. Any decent 1911 SHOULD fit other 1911 parts here and there with the exception of the oddballs like Sig and a couple others like smith and wesson. Parts should interchange without issue.