M1911 Barrel Bushing Q

[Olle]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

I've heard that urban myth too.

It is also mentioned in the Kuhnhausen manuals, so I don't think it's an urban legend. IIRC, the problem was that they required more precisely machined slides, as they were sensitive to misalignment. If a standard bushing is misaligned, there's usually enough slop in the slide for the barrel to straighten it up, but in a collet bushing it might bend (and eventually break) the fingers instead. Something like that anyway, I can look it up if anybody is interested.

Kuhnhausen recommends replacing them with a solid bushing, but it's "for good measure" so there's no telling how common this problem really was.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Olle

...anyway, I can look it up if anybody is interested...

I'm interested. Others here must be or this thread would have died a natural death...

The comment about it breaking while being removed is new to me.

I just this last couple of months got a couple 1911's back from being blued. Marc says his bushing is a stainless one. I'm not sure I really want to add stainless to an all-blue .45...

[sheepherder]

Hey! I found my .45 barrel bushing reamer!

It got misplaced into, of all places, my drill and ...reamer...drawer...

Kinda grubby looking...Like it got put away without being cleaned...

It's obvious why I couldn't find it...It looks like any other drill tube...