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Hi Guys,

I am due to send the slide from my Colt Commander off to Don for a build and I have a question.

Should I have a custom fit firing pin and firing pin stop?

This is going to be a carry gun on a light weight frame. The FP and FPS I have now seem to work fine but I like the look of stainless parts on blue. Other then cosmetics is there a reason to replace the original parts?

If so any recommendations on what to use?

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Rob,

I can think of one functional reason if you fit a square bottom firing pin stop like the EGW firing pin stops. If you leave the bottom of the firing pin stop square or with a small radius, the slide has less mechanical advantage to cock the hammer, so in theory this will slightly delay unlocking of the slide. I run almost all my 1911s with square bottom FPSs. I do notice a slight advantage in that the muzzle jump seems slightly less and the gun recoils straight back and up without twisting to the left. Here's a thread on another forum you might want to check out:

http://forum.m1911.org/showthread.php?t=13060

The guys in this thread get kind of hung up on how big a radius to cut on the bottom of the FPS- I've left a few of mine square and unaltered and they work just fine.

I can't think of any functional reason to replace the firing pin.

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