1911 series 80 Colt FTRTB

[HellnBack]

After the first round, my 1911 failed to return to battery and so I tried to do the basic tap and rack, but the the slide is not moving forward and felt like there is a fix object that stopping it.I found out that the firing pin is protruding in front and the FP stopper is falling down, So I push back the stopper and the FP retracted. dry fired then reload. I racked then fired to 120 rounds. no failure happend.
Could it be that the firing pin plunger is the culprit?
Any input is appreciated calgunners.
Thank you.

[tr6guns]

Sounds like the firing pin jumped out of the firing pin stop plate, or the plate wasn't pushed up far enough to begin with..

[bzh362]

It sounds more like the firing pin stop's fault than the plunger.

On my series 70 style 1911 I had a similar problem.

How long have you had the gun? You might look into buying an oversized FP stop, and fitting really tight to avoid the problem in the future.

[kcstott]

Remove you firing pin stop and gently center punch the edge of the plate both sided then fit it in place. it should be a snug fit but still removable with out any major use of tools or force.

[HellnBack]

Thank you Calgunners!!! Hi Kc, I will try doing that while waiting for a bigger FP stop.
@ bzhI got it in 2011, its the rail gun with "100 yrs. of service" rollmark.

[Nathan Krynn]

This actually happened to me the first round I fired out of my commander. The plate was literally on the web of my hand. I put it back together and 7500 or so rounds later its still going (other issues but that's not for this thread). I carried this pistol for over 10 years too.