Colt 1911, calling all Experts, ??
This may be an easy one but it sure baffled me. Here is a Pic of my new Colt Rail Gun. Got probably 400 rounds through it, no issues, functioned well. I take it to the range yesterday and have two weird issues. Same issue twice I should say.
I shoot a round, it appears to cycle, hammer cocked, slide appears to be all the forward, round loaded on chamber, I CANT PULL TRIGGER AND CANT PUSH SAFETY UP. Yes I did have full grip with safety pressed in.

So I bring it home and clean it. When I field strip it I notice the spring plug (not sure the proper term) has a gash in it. Now how the fork did that happen? 

Then after cleaning, I flip frame upside down to put slide on and this little guy falls down as pictured. Obviously, no expert gunsmith here, so I don't know what this guy is called. But I don't remember ever having this little guy fall out of frame on my other 1911's when cleaning. Maybe nothing but wanted to show it just in case.

Diagnose Please?
Last edited by Pappabear; 05-26-11 at 09:47.
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