I keep hearing the name Bob Simms in Palmetto (I think has range also) for 1911 work on South Side. Good luck and let us know what you do to it.
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John harrison of Harrison Customs and Chris James of Combat Precision are probably some of the best 1911 guys in the atlanta area. If its a valuable enough 1911, it may be worthwhile to have them repair it. Im not sure if they are taking reapair work, as they mostly focus on building custom 1911s, but it would be worth checking with them.
Also, David the gunsmith at Adventure Outdoors. I had him do some work for me a few years ago and he did a good job. He would probably be less expensive.
You should just retire it and buy some combat Tupperware.
Just hung up with Remington. They were ZERO help once they realized it wasn't a warranty issue. I really don't want to ship this thing out.... it's far more valuable to me than it's market worth.
Anyway try to find a gunsmith that has experience dealing with early 1911's someone that won't put Wilson combat parts in it.
This makes a lot of sense now that I have seen the video of the gun, It looks like its one of the victims of target/competition conversion in the 50's and 60'sAnother "mod" to lighten the trigger is to alter the hammer hook angle. It can cause the sear to jump out of the hook when the slide slams shut, dropping the hammer.
I'm fairly certain it has no modifications other than the sites. It was purchased directly from the NRA in 1962 and my father was the only to own it since then. But no, I can't swear nothing else was done as he's unfortunately not around to confirm.This makes a lot of sense now that I have seen the video of the gun, It looks like its one of the victims of target/competition conversion in the 50's and 60's
OP: you can likely find original trigger parts or reproduction to fix it.