Norinco 1911 Ambidextrous Thumb Safety

[shem1911]

I would say there is a problem with your mainspring that's not allowing your hammer to full cock, or it could be the Ambi-saftey itself. I would take it in to a gunsmith, or sell it and buy a quality 1911. You can get a "cheap" one from Springfield, Para, Charles Daily, and Remington. Also, quit slamming the slide on a dry chamber because you're going to eventually ruin your barrel bushing.

[herohumper]

Yeah, I agree...send it to Gunnar at Armco. I just bought a 1911 A1C from him for around $560.

[roberto125919]

good job showing me there is no magazine in the gun but you never checked the actual chamber of the firearm.

[FuriousPixel]

@roberto125919

shut up fool.

[FrankieC63]

@roberto125919 You can tell just by the sound that the chamber is empty AND he checked it himself.

[johanvj2000]

its your gun man, mine is perfectly fine using the ambi safety, maybe try cleaning and oiling it.

[quazy50158]

I would check out nutnfancy's 1911 trigger job video's ;)

[cloy09]

i think you have to break it in first....

[gerardwchilds]

The thumb safety is made in two parts. They both slide together and is held in place by a small spring. The spring could have slipped off the notch or one side of the safety is too long and catching the safety as you lift up on it. I would get it checked by a gunsmith to make sure.

[gunnz23]

Yep take it in to a gun smith, before an accident happens.

[r1pbuck]

Hi Russoft -- . I'll echo tgannon's comment and recommend that you take your pistol to a gunsmith. There is a problem with the fitting of the safety with the trigger mechanism. It probably won't take much work to get it right. The safety should engage very positively when the hammer is cocked. Check out Armco in Prince George...they offer a Norinco tuning package that will fix your gun right up [my new 1911A1 is going there after I put a few hundred break-in rounds through it].

[Russoft]

thanks for the advice!

[p8ntballer365]

horribly unsafe! have a qualified gunsmith look at that before shooting it anymore.

[CanadianReich]

just got my 1911a1 in the mail..ill make a vid and put up a vid in a moment.

[DIRTNAPPIN222]

That happens to my norinco 1911 as well.

We get what we pay for I guess.

At least I have had no faliure to feeds though.

[Russoft]

so I'm not alone, ahh well.

[CanadianReich]

@DIRTNAPPIN222

At least it has two or three safeties, my Russian TT33 has NONE lol

[tgannon51]

You have an issues with the safety not fitted correctly to your sear. Take it to a qualified gunsmith some of the metal need to be filed off. Do not do this yourself unless you know what you are doing because you can make your pistol UNSAFE!!!!

[Kalamolng]

Well I'm not good with guns but I think its a design flaw with the safety lock!

[edenmaze]

I froze the video at about 2:15, and I took a digital snapshot of the freeze framed image, and I viewed it under a "luminall" light, and surprisingly enough, I detected some "blood spatter" on the gun.

Oh My............................­.......

:~O

[Russoft]

Like they say, always buy from a reputable supplier. Heh heh.

[edenmaze]

Nice~

:~D

[edenmaze]

Handguns = "The Great Equalizer"

[NickPech]

Yah, i dont know but im pretty sure it needs to be shaved down. there are tons of people that have that same problem.

[blackquiver]

good vid keep surching...sure u will find somthing ...ummm try to change the title to 1911...and u might have more responses..good luck..im sure when u r all said and done ..u will know that firearm.well....and the case u have with that firarme hase to be lockable..for transportation..later

[HiCapacity]

Maybe the hammer isn't back all the way. Buy a new hammer.

[HiCapacity]

I'm clueless. I think norinco fucked something up, they ARE cheap so... And no, you shouldnt have to hold the hammer back like that.