Maybe, I would install as is and see, then perfect the fit if needed.

LOG

 

I got one of the first ball head disconnect ...It dropped in from me on a Caspian frame. The hammer I tried in the past ( a few years ago)needed to be fitted. Hammer hooks were long. Both are great parts.

Robert

 

George Smith told me the other day that the hammer hooks are long - probably .025 or a tad more, and have not been polished. So, you will need to reduce the hooks to .020 - .022 and finish them with a hammer stone.

LOG - the EGW disconnector doesn't appear to need a relief cut - it is beautifully made and contoured in the area that would normally need filing to avoid being bumped by the magazine.

 

Well, it went very well. The ball head on the disconnector was a tiny bit big for the frame hole, so a very little bit of sanding did the trick. The hammer dropped right in. I guess I got lucky. The EGW hard sear has been set up by Jim Milks innovative Custom Guns) for the previous hammer, and may have had something to do with it. The trigger breaks like glass at about 4.5 lbs. I'm not changing a thing on that trigger, I am STOKED.

I also put in an Ed Brown solid short trigger, which necessitated some light stoning of the engagement surface of the S&A grip safety.

The Slim Ed Brown Cocobolo grips are beautiful on this parkerized Mil Spec, and the stainless GS, and MS housing, along with the stainless Kart barrel and bushing really made this into an attractive blaster (to me, at least). I did break one grip screw bushing trying to remove it for the slim grip bushings. I had to grab it with a vise grip to remove it.

 

Congrats, Maestro! The prior work on the sear no doubt helped - and if it were me I would make sure that the hammer hooks are .022 and properly stoned. That way you can regulate trigger pull more easily by adjusting the sear and disco leaves on the leaf spring. This may not be an issue now, but it isn't that hard to do. If you don't have a shim that is .022 (you can go to .020 but it isn't a great idea for a defensive gun), find a thin credit card and mic it. I have a couple that are exactly .022 and work perfectly to judge the height of the hammer hooks. All you need to polish the hooks is a 600 grit square trigger stone from Brownell's - and some care in keeping things square. It doesn't take much.

 

Thanks for the heads up. I haven't touched the sear since it was in Jim Milks hands (formerly of EGW, now of http://innovativecustomguns.com/), and my local 1911 gunsmith checked it out after it came back (He wanted to see the barrel fitting work, etc.).

Although I wouldn't know how to check it myself, I'm pretty confident in both of these guys. My local smith did spend all of 15 or 30 seconds on it with a stone after I had fired it a bunch, and deemed it perfect.

All in all, a great day that finished with me getting the paperwork done to add this custom SA Mil-Spec to my CCW. Ah, yes.

 

Lucky you! You have a local gunsmith!

LJA

 

Why of course, Jim. Just send me your bank account number and social security number and I will gladly send you that credit card. Why you would want an expired credit card used for judgin' hammer hooks is beyond me, but happy to accommodate a pal!
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