Stainless Colt, Magnesium Trigger, and a Dunking in the Creek.

[jmoore]

Not a good combo! Was walking in the creek after doing some trail cutting and had a minor tumble. Pistol got wet, not sure if it went all the way under, but as there was nothing to be done about it, we continued our journey to see if a suspected deep spot might be a nice little swimming hole. My usual, a S&W 940 9x19 revolver has been submerged in creeks several times with no drama, but this time is different.


Photo from 11 months previous, exactly! The event occurred in this area, but the water's a bit higher now.



Upon returning to the vehicle, the Government Model was pulled from it's M12 flap holster, cleared, and checked. Quite soggy still even after a couple of hours.

The surprise was the white crust that had formed on the lightweight Dlask trigger! Especially heavy at the periphery and was trying to freeze up the works. (No camera today, as I knew that a soaking was quite likely.) Did a quick spray with some gun oil, but I'm thinking this trigger is going to have to go. It's been fine for about ten years but hasn't seen such conditions before today.


The victim. The trigger looked to be coated with that powdered sugar found on those tiny doughnut facsimiles...

Will probably round up a factory stainless trigger and add the trigger stop.

Just FYI...

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[Johnny Peppers]

Do you watch the bottom of the creek for Indian relics? If you get in an area where there was a camp you may find some good relics.

[browningautorifle]

Send me the Dlask trigger and I'll walk it in the door to him. He may just replace it...

[jmoore]

Do you watch the bottom of the creek for Indian relics? If you get in an area where there was a camp you may find some good relics.

Have yet to find anything, but it's possible. Not all that likely in this particular area. The better opportunities would be a few miles away.

Send me the Dlask trigger and I'll walk it in the door to him. He may just replace it...

Will wait to see if it fizzes more. But I actually prefer an M1911a1 length trigger and there's not much available from the aftermarket.

[browningautorifle]

I prefer a standard trigger myself. I had a long trigger in my AO when I first got it and changed it for an original GI immediately...

[Col. Colt]

What I do NOT want in a long term, "Go To Gun" is parts that cannot take even a light environmental challange without degrading! Mangesium would seem to be a lousy choice for this application. Short of a significant change in Dlask's materiels/coating, I think I will avoid them. If the Bubble does Burst, you want VERY low Maintenance to be your situation. CC

[browningautorifle]

But to speak for Joe Dlask, he does stand by his gear and does do excellent work. Many times if something buggers up, it's because it was a gunshow find and someone had already mickey'd it...but his stuff from his shop is usually just fine.

[jmoore]

What I do NOT want in a long term, "Go To Gun" is parts that cannot take even a light environmental challange without degrading! Mangesium would seem to be a lousy choice for this application. Short of a significant change in Dlask's materiels/coating, I think I will avoid them. If the Bubble does Burst, you want VERY low Maintenance to be your situation. CC

No argument from me. Like as not, given a choice I'd probably use the circa 1924 Argentine Naval contract Colt, except it doesn't have night sights.

The default night time handgun of service size has been either a Glock 34 and/or a 4" stainless Python for quite a few years. It seems that the night sights for the Python have been discontinued, though, so will have to see if the vials can be replaced when they get too dim...someday.