New CQB question

[Condition Yellow]

I should finish my story. I sent the gun in to Wilson. I received a call from Nick the day it arrived at Wilson, the day it shipped from them, and the day it arrived back to me. I have never experienced this level of customer service.

All Nick could tell me on the phone was, "The repair comment for your pistol in the computer just indicates 'trigger adjusted'." Did I fall into the 80% of malfunctions that can not be replicated back at Wilson? Oh, they threw in a new 47D.

After a bit of personal trouble-shooting, I believe the issue may have been mine all along. I have not had a chance to shoot the CQB to determine if it was "fixed" yet, but through several holster presentations and dry firings, I've discovered my grip is possibly the culprit.

I shoot with my thumb riding on the top of the safety, which has never been a problem with my SA Loaded. However, the bump on the CQB's grip safety is smaller than that on my Loaded, and when keeping my thumb on the top of the safety as I dry fire the Wilson, occasionally the trigger will not drop due to the grip safety not being fully depressed. When I bring my thumb down below the thumb safety to rest, the grip safety depresses just enough more to eliminate the intermittent issue, at least when dry firing.

Anyone else have this experience? I either need to practice a different initial grip, or bring my thumb down below the safety for good. I wonder if thinner grips would give me more purchase of the grip safety.

As an addendum, my wife told me to buy this pistol 2 1/2 weeks ago for our 20th anniversary. It had been sitting in the display case for a year and a half @ $2300. I walked out with it for ... $1500.

[eng208]

That could be it. Or it could have had the overtravel screw on the trigger set just a little too tight. The screw in the trigger stops the trigger from going past the point that the hammer is allowed to drop (overtravel). Sometimes, if your finger sits either high or low on the trigger and it is adjusted right at the release point, it will not consistently drop the hammer due to ever so slight change in orientation of the trigger in it's movement. Most of the time it only takes backing off the overtravel screw about a 1/4 turn.

[Shawn.L]

If you take out the 3 leaf spring under the mainspring housing the one on the far right )looking from the back of the pistol) is the one that gives resistance to the grip safety. Lighten it up a bit.

IIRC the speed bump on my grip safety on the wilson was just the same as the TRP I used to have size wise. I had a similar issue with the TRP, as the tension on that spring was just cranked way up. A little tweaking and it was just fine.

[LHS]

I've had a CQB for almost 10 years, one of the old green-and-black models. It runs like a scalded-ass ape with everything I've fed it, including ammo that Wilson recommended against (200-gr Cor-Bon +p), with or without a Shok-Buff, at any angle, one-handed, two-handed, left-handed, etc. It ran everything without a hiccup. I can't remember the last malfunction I've had in that gun in thousands of rounds that wasn't due to a worn-out magazine.

That said, even the best smiths occasionally produce something that has issues. Wilson's great about taking ownership of the problem and making it right in a hurry.

[Condition Yellow]

Someone suggested I grip the pistol in my shooting hand (right) with my thumb pointing straight up and see if my hand will disengage the grip safety. About 50% of the time it won't.

Shawn's suggestion of adjusting the leaf for the grip spring might help.

... several hours later ...

... tweaking with the sear spring was the ticket, Shawn. Thank you. Many dry-firings and 170 flawless rounds later, it runs like LHS has suggested. I used 47D's, Power Mags and some 6 year-old Mecgars. I shot it tilted 90 deg left then right, limp wrist, thumb high, thumb low, pulled the trigger as fast as I could, slow fire, ect. All the superlatives for a high end 1911 apply. My SA Loaded runs well, but, well, I don't know if I'll keep it now.