Staccato XC Fails Drop Test

[Scotty]

Funny. Because my 1911 9mm with a WC titanium pin and a WC extra power spring wouldn't reliably ignite 9mm. So I went back to a WC stainless steel firing pin.

It's a balancing act. Did you put in a titanium firing pin AND an extra power firing pin spring? That would make it transfer even less energy into the primer. You would need to offset it by using a heavier hammer spring, which increases your trigger pull weight.

[BucDan]

It's a balancing act. Did you put in a titanium firing pin AND an extra power firing pin spring? That would make it transfer even less energy into the primer. You would need to offset it by using a heavier hammer spring, which increases your trigger pull weight.

Yes, it was Ti Pin and Extra power pin.

Yeah, I didn't touch the hammer spring. Stainless pin works fine for me.

[JC2020]

Series 80 increases the trigger travel and trigger weight. The first part of the trigger movement is to push up the firing block which also has a spring that you have to overcome. You can make a good series 80 trigger but it will never be as good as a series 70 trigger. Many competition shooters pull the guts out of a series 80 and put in a blanking plate into the frame.

I would be less worried about the drop safe of a 1911. To make it go off, the gun needs to be pretty much pointing straight down. The bullet is going to lose pretty much all its energy after colliding with a hard surface.

I see, Thanks for the details I didn't know. It makes sense.