GSG 1911-22; Added the CW accessory kit, having some issues. (mostly fixed)

[Musubi1000]

[newbutold]

^^^^^Good shooting

[B2D]

ZR tactical will put an alignment cone on a CA barrel if you purchase their accurizing kit and send them the barrel with the receipt.

And yes, good shooting, far better than what I'm getting at 10 yards.

[Musubi1000]

Thanks B2D

[bluzman]

I bought my GSG 1911-22 in March 2017. It ran great straight out of the gate after I cleaned and lubed it. Like the OP, I decided to install an upgrade kit from CWA. The pistol immediately began to have the problem you've described. I sent the following message to CWA.

I recently purchased the "Shooters Special 4" kit in my GSG 1911-22 (CA version). Prior to the installation, the stock pistol had been field stripped, cleaned, lubed. Then 100 rds of approx. equal amounts of 40 gr Remington, Federal and Aguila .22LR (all with muzzle velocities more than 1,200 feet per second) loaded into 3 different magazines were fired with no failures of any kind occurring.

The pistol was stripped and cleaned after that and then the kit components were installed. As part of the installation, the Frame Hole Plug kit was installed first. All observable metal shavings produced by tapping the hole in the slide were removed. A small amount of Blue Loctite was used on the plug screw but care was taken to insure none was present on the inside of the slide before reassembly. The guide rod was assembled by first sliding on the blue shock buffer, then the supplied metal washer and finally the new recoil spring. The new bushing and spring retainer replaced the stock parts.

Another range test using the same ammo/mags produced a failure of the slide to go fully into battery on every shot after the first round. A slight tap always put the slide in battery. Suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

I don't still have the email reply but IIRC it suggested continuing to shoot the pistol until the new parts were broken in. My solution was to reinstall the original barrel bushing at which point everything performed normally. Since then, the only other mod I made was to remove the mag safety.

As an aside, I'll should note that I saw similar behavior (a tap required to achieve full battery) on a .22WMR pistol I own. In that case, I found that the top of the lips on two of the three mags I had (all OEM) were binding ever so slightly on underside of the slide. A little work with a stone to remove a couple of thousandths cured the problem.

[B2D]

I bought my GSG 1911-22 in March 2017. It ran great straight out of the gate after I cleaned and lubed it. Like the OP, I decided to install an upgrade kit from CWA. The pistol immediately began to have the problem you've described...

I don't still have the email reply but IIRC it suggested continuing to shoot the pistol until the new parts were broken in. My solution was to reinstall the original barrel bushing at which point everything performed normally. Since then, the only other mod I made was to remove the mag safety.

As an aside, I'll should note that I saw similar behavior (a tap required to achieve full battery) on a .22WMR pistol I own. In that case, I found that the top of the lips on two of the three mags I had (all OEM) were binding ever so slightly on underside of the slide. A little work with a stone to remove a couple of thousandths cured the problem.

Well I'm glad I'm not alone in that issue.

I'm waiting on some Dawson sights for the pistol. After that I'll get the finish overspray off the rails, and shoot it again with the stock bushing but with the CW guide rod. We'll see how it goes.

One other thing I might do after that is change the thumb safety as the current one digs into my thumb when firing.

[ysr_racer]

I'm back in the good old U.S. of A. if you want to see mine with Dawson sights and an EGW bushing.

[B2D]

I'm back in the good old U.S. of A. if you want to see mine with Dawson sights and an EGW bushing.

Will contact you soon. My Dawson sights come in the mail tomorrow.

[ysr_racer]

Did you ever figure out why it wasn't going into battery?

[newbutold]

Anyone remove the end piece on a CA roster GSG? Don't want to wreck my barrel, but curious if it would unscrew.......

[1911Luvr]

Anyone remove the end piece on a CA roster GSG? Don't want to wreck my barrel, but curious if it would unscrew.......

[newbutold]

Thanks and Merry Christmas!

[Musubi1000]

Anyone remove the end piece on a CA roster GSG? Don't want to wreck my barrel, but curious if it would unscrew.......

Do not attempt. It will not unscrew. It is hydraulically pressed on. You will damage your barrel if you do.

[newbutold]

Do not attempt. It will not unscrew. It is hydraulically pressed on. You will damage your barrel if you do.

Thanks and Merry Christmas!

[ysr_racer]

Anyone remove the end piece on a CA roster GSG? Don't want to wreck my barrel, but curious if it would unscrew.......

Just curious, why do you want to unscrew it?

If it's for accuracy, just order a custom bushing from EGW.