1911A Information

• Reliability Secrets
• Assembly Animation
• Operation Animation
• Safety Operation Cut-Away Views
• The 1911 Is It's Own Toolbox
• 1911 Maintenance
• Getting started on 1911 gunsmithing
• Comments on collet bushings
• 1911 Safety Check
• 1911 Parts & Modifications

Lubrication

• Every few days, take a minute or so to lube your 1911. Unload the gun; lock the slide to rear. Put a small drop of oil on each slide rail and let it run into the gun. If you have a Colt with the firing pin lock, you might want to take this opportunity to put a small drop of oil on the firing pin lock plunger in the slide. Lightly rub a thin coat of oil on the exposed barrel where it rides the bushing when the gun is cycling. Let the slide go forward and put one small drop of oil on the front of the barrel hood where it meets the front of the ejection port. Cycle the gun's action a few times, and you're in business. Frankly, I like to do a more leisurely job of lubing my 1911s in which I actually field strip the piece, but the quick-'n'-easy method I've just described will be sufficient.