So, my Springfield Armory 1911-A1 (90's edition = preMilspec and preGI) is finally showing its age. Purchased in 1990, it spent the first half of its life converted to 45 Super with the help of the round's designer Ace Hindman. One day I will get around to scanning all of this stuff and write up an blog on the 45 Super.

Anyway, one of things that he recommended that I did not do is replace all of the internal MIM parts. I think 20 years later speaks well of these parts. However, recently I have noticed that the hammer falls to half-cock intermittently (if you were to rack it say 10 times it may fall once).

Not good.

I decided this was a good time to replace some of those MIM parts and make the pistol look a little more aesthetically pleasing. Here's what I plan to put in it:

1. STI Match Sear - these are HARD and are almost perfectly cut out of the bag
2. EMC Ring (commander) round hammer - I just like the look of these and they are barstock for the purists.
3. Colt 1991 Commander grip safety - because I don't need/want a beavertail and I don't want to notch the stock one for the ring hammer
4. Wolff sear spring
5. Replace frame pins - they have become loose, falling out if you tilt the pistol
6. Colt aluminum solid long trigger - I love this trigger in my Delta. No frills, no set screw to back out.

We will see how well this all works out.

Here are a couple of before pics: