Found a handy little 1911 cleaning aid in my shop
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 1:47 pm
I was cleaning my 1911 today and decided it was again time to disassemble and clean the extractor. I looked around for something to push down on the firing pin and remove the keeper. I looked over at my reloading bench and the spare Lee decapping rod jumped up and said "ME ME ME".
That little thing worked like a charm. The pin on the end is small enough to easily allow you to start sliding the keeper while keeping the pin depressed. The rod itself is large enough to get a decent grip on, and yet still see what's going on with the firing pin. I've used a number of things to disassemble this before, but this was hands down the easiest.
Don't know if that will help anyone out there, but thought I would pass it along.
For those that don't know what I'm talking about here's a picture.
That little thing worked like a charm. The pin on the end is small enough to easily allow you to start sliding the keeper while keeping the pin depressed. The rod itself is large enough to get a decent grip on, and yet still see what's going on with the firing pin. I've used a number of things to disassemble this before, but this was hands down the easiest.
Don't know if that will help anyone out there, but thought I would pass it along.
For those that don't know what I'm talking about here's a picture.