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Gentlemen,

Greetings. I'm new user here and a long time fan of some of the artists on this forum.

I recently received my first custom 1911 and have a couple of small problem with it that I have questions about.

The gun sports a Wilson ambi safety. It seems to function fine when fully assembled and I've already fired 100 rds through it. However when I disassembled it for cleaning I put the safety on with the slide off the frame. pulled the trigger and the hammer moved forward a millimeter and locked in place. Pushing the hammer back the safety went on again and I finished the re-assembly. When the gun is fully assembled and I try to squeeze the trigger with the safety on, the hammer doesn't move.

Any ideas why?

In addition when I first received it, it wouldn't go fully into battery on it's own. The slide would lock stop short about 1/32" and would fully lock with a tap on the rear. The smith that did the work said to shoot it to break it in. Well upon examination of the barrel (KART) I saw a burr/flat spot on one of the lower locking lugs.

I'll post pictures once my camera battery recharges.

As an aside. I haven't contacted the smith yet since I've been in and out of the field and on TDY since I received the gun. There are some issues I had with him that I will not get into, but make me hesitant to deal with him again.

PJ – Your safety sounds fine to me. The reason it is doing what you described is most likely because, with the slide off, the thumb safety can move up further than it can with the slide on and thus may have less engagement with the sear. But I would suggest contacting your ‘smith to make sure.

Jason, thanks for the advice. I believe you're right