Springfield Longslide Poor Quality

[Malmon]

By the way, my post is not a knock against springfield armory. I think their customer service is the best in the business, but they might refuse to fix aesthetic issues or if it does not interfere with function.

[AeroEngi]

By the way, my post is not a knock against springfield armory. I think their customer service is the best in the business, but they might refuse to fix aesthetic issues or if it does not interfere with function.

Aesthetic issue or not, they should have some kind of tolerance for slide over-hang/under-hang and should produce all their guns to within that tolerance. How can the slide be so off? That's just bad manufacturing practices IMO.

[Malmon]

Aesthetic issue or not, they should have some kind of tolerance for slide over-hang/under-hang and should produce all their guns to within that tolerance. How can the slide be so off? That's just bad manufacturing practices IMO.

Couldn't agree with you more. If the Op decides to buy the "defective" gun and send it in just to correct that defect, I hope he has better luck than I did.

[AeroEngi]

Couldn't agree with you more. If the Op decides to buy the "defective" gun and send it in just to correct that defect, I hope he has better luck than I did.

Seriously man...like I mentioned in another thread, I had major failure to feed issues with my Springfield TRP when I bought it brand new (1 or 2 failures to feed per magazine). I contacted Springfield and they said either I was lubricating the gun incorrectly (which I wasn't) or ALL 5 of my brand new magazines were bad. They wouldn't take the gun back for repair. I had to spend more money out of my own pocket on a brand new gun to get it fixed. After a month of researching, I found out that my extractor was out of tolerance (too short) and I replaced it with a Wilson Bulletproof extractor. Seems like they're having major tolerance and QC issues over at Springfield Armory.

[sirgiles]

if its only aesthetics and there is no malfunction issues, springfield will charge for them to make it pretty. i recall a previous post here wherein aesthetics was in question and SA claimed that warranty covers only function.

[RAMCHARGER]

Oh Jeeze really? It aint tha bad. My SA mil-spec is like that too but not as bad as that one. BUT DANG! It can shoot! Gotta be the most accurate 1911 I ever owned.... I can live with it. If I have it repaired they might mess it up. It happened with a old 3 screw Ruger I have repaired... came back a POS shooter...

[Peter.Steele]

I can see someone arguing against people's ownership of a mini gun,

Dude, if someone has demonstrated the self discipline required to make enough money to (a) buy a minigun and (b) buy enough ammo to feed it, it's quite likely that they probably have enough self discipline to use it responsibly.

[Tank.45]

Is it N or NM serial? I cant believe they let something like that get by.

NM doesnt mean anything anymore. My "NM" has been back twice in the last 4 months. The first time was because the hammer was falling when the slide was released among other fire control problems.

I might have just got that one NM lemon no one wants to talk about but after seeing this i doubt that

[MA2]

At least you have options (mighty nice of your dealer).

Just curious, if you field strip, there should be a hand scribed 3 digit number under the rear of the slide.
Does those 3 digits match up to the last 3 digits of your frame serial number?

[keenkeen]

NM doesnt mean anything anymore. My "NM" has been back twice in the last 4 months. The first time was because the hammer was falling when the slide was released among other fire control problems.

I might have just got that one NM lemon no one wants to talk about but after seeing this i doubt that

One bad "NM" marked Springfield and that means "NM doesnt mean anything anymore."

Wow- Tough Crowd.

Let's get out the pitchforks and light the torches!!

Now that you have seen this it's further proof of the decline in quality of NM marked Springfield 1911's?

At this point the OP has not even stated if his longslide is marked "N" or "NM".

[chim-chim7]

My TRP looks exactly the same when my GI guide rod isn't sitting up against the barrel clevis. When it's assembled correctly it's flush. I was just able to duplicate it very easily. Looked just like yours. I would take pics but way too lazy before bed time.

[ArmyMedicMoose]

It's not the guide rod I own 2 other Springfield(trp full rail and a loaded) also serval other 1911s. The frame was just never matched up to the slide or was the ejector. I called Springfield and they emailed the pictures the forward them onto the service center waiting for a response. They told me that the pistol was made in jan. so it's fresh off the mills. If they decide not I'm going to by me a sig 1911 target

[Malmon]

I don't think it has anything to do with the guide rod or proper assembly either. I have owned 9 SA 1911's and only one came with the slide overhang.

[ArmyMedicMoose]

Good morning Mr. *******

Please go ahead and give us a call back in customer service to set up a return authorization number to send the pistol on in to us, the repair department said they would be more than happy to get things squared away for you.

Thank you for choosing the First Name in American Firearms!
Have an outstanding day!

[Woodworker2]

Brand new, the extractor on my long slide would not function correctly. Before you send yours in, you might check and see if yours will cycle live ammo.