Did you know?

That the guide rod to the recoil assembly in a 1911 can unscrew itself? Yep. It can. Guess what it does then.... Yep. It falls out. And once it falls out, the next time you fire a round, the recoil spring curls itself into a rather remarkable semblance of a pretzel.

This is bad. Springs should not look like pretzels.

The good news is that the major parts of the gun are fine. But I need a new recoil assembly. So, until I can find a parts store that carries Rock Island Armory parts, I've got the .38 Special revolver on my belt. But I am not happy.

Phil gets a beavertail safety to work on the damn gun, and the next day it breaks. Grrrrrrrrrrrr..............