1911 owners, we are doing it wrong!

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   10d hold of on the EGW flat bottom. I purchased one from them and they sent an 80 series. As it turns out when I had the stocker out it virtually is flat bottom. I didn't opt for them to send the 70 series after this and instead got a fancy guide rod cap in place of the right one. I have a thread on here with pictures of both.

A heavier recoil or hammer spring may be money better spent. I don't see a Razorback under $1600 now 

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I just looked at the pic you mention in the gunsmith section.The FPS is flatter and works well but a FPS can have a smaller radius than that and a taper towards the top to get full effect of the mod.From what I've read and seen from pictures on 1911 forums is the radius is smaller and has a curvature like 1/4 of a 1/16 drill rod when looling at the bottom of the rod and the taper towards the top is around 2 degrees.The taper gives a better hit on the firing pin and takes out the play between the hammer and FPS.
Many 1911 tuners use the mod.You don't need heavy recoil springs or hammer springs if done right.Every pistol is slightly different in tolerances and carefull fitting is needed sometimes.

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I have seen the pictures of the taper from bottom to top.  Haven't done it.

For 45 ACP this mod makes recoil seem a little softer, and the heavier mainspring is not needed at the slide velocity levels the 45 ACP produces.  The heavier mainspring in 10mm helps dump the delta in velocity and gets the slide moving at the same basic rate as on the 45 ACP.

I plan to try the reverse taper in my CCO build.

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Pop it out and look first. I have flat bottoms in both my Witness guns and really saw not much difference in the EGW piece. The stock Witness piece it was pretty night and day. Thread on that on here somewhere.

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This is night and day on the Witness... not so much at all on the DW.

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and really saw not much difference in the EGW piece.

The difference seemed pretty obvious to me in the pic you posted. Maybe you should post it here too, so people can see what you're trying to say without searching pages and pages of your posts.

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This picture sucked really and I don't have the EGW to photo again.



    He has the firearm right there and you wouldn't even need to remove it to really see. Only 5 minute job to pull it to see it is nothing like the Match stock block. If I thought it was really any different I would have had EGW send me the correct 70 but just not different really.

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In the picture, it sure looks like the one on the bottom has a lot bigger radius. Not as big as a traditional .45 firing pin stop, but still more than the EGW. A little bit goes a long way...

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Okay. I'll play... gives me a reason to pull my favorite pieces out. See if you can tell me which picture is of which pistol and if their is any noticeable difference. I would have just opted for it but it's wider #1 and just no noticeable angle there. It's only a $20 part though and to me the guide rod piece just seemed like a better option here.

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Two more

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Okay. I'll play... gives me a reason to pull my favorite pieces out. See if you can tell me which picture is of which pistol and if their is any noticeable difference. I would have just opted for it but it's wider #1 and just no noticeable angle there. It's only a $20 part though and to me the guide rod piece just seemed like a better option here.

Just from the pics, the FPS on the left looks like the better choice for the 10mm.

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This post at M1911.org has a picture perfect radius:

http://forum.m1911.org/showpost.php?p=677430&postcount=79

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This post at M1911.org has a picture perfect radius:

http://forum.m1911.org/showpost.php?p=677430&postcount=79

No fair...members only.

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Sorry about that.

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Says you have to be a member.