Has anyone seen this kind of barrel bushing. It is very tight and hard to rack the slide and even harder to turn for break down.Did this come from the factory like this? I've ordered a national match barrel and bushing and hope it solves my problem.
I've been sort of busy for the last month or so doing some things that I've been putting off and now they have to be done.
It's not that I'm trying to shun anybody because this is a good run forum with good people and information and I have missed chatting with everyone. Maybe things will get better and it can be like it used to be.
Sam gave me the info on the Colt and I'm going to let him look at it next week and maybe we can come up with a solution.
Thanks for everyone's prayers and concern. I really do appreciate it.
I have a Series 70 Gold Cup I have had for around 30 years and long lost any estimate of the rounds that have gone through it. I have replaced the slide release after the original broke and I have replaced the sights after the front fell off and was lost. But that collet bushing is still going strong and has all it's fingers. Not as tight as it was long ago but still pretty snug.
Swifty, I think you have a Bomar barrel bushing. Such bushings were very popular in the 1970's but were not installed by Colt. I have a Colt Gold Cup National Match pistol that I bought in 1973 to use as an out of the box bull's-eye gun. I wasn't happy with the trigger and had a gunsmith who specialized in bulls-eye guns do the trigger over. He put a Bomar bushing in at that time. The bushing is stainless steel, very tight and, difficult to deal with when breaking down the pistol. It came with a bushing wrench. I don't like to use the wrench because it seems to take unnecessary force to rotate the bushing. Accuracy did improve over the national match bushing though. I used a ransom rest to compare before and after. Racking the slide became easier after I shot several hundred rounds with the gun. I kept the outside of the barrel well oiled while shooting.
When you get your new barrel and bushing, hold on to the barrel and bushing you have. You might decide to give them another chance. Midway USA and others sell the bushing wrenches from $5 to $15. If you have access to a Ransom Rest , You might do an accuracy comparison.
I should add that I wouldn't use my Gold Cup as a carry pistol, it can be a little finicky.
Good guess but incorrect. It's the standard Colt collet bushing although a NM barrel bushing, properly fitted would definitely show an improvement in group size. Also, while I had the pistol apart, the ejector is rubbing on the slide which causes the tightness when racking the slide. I was unable to tell if the ejector was cut incorrectly or improperly machined but we will replace it.
Parts are on order so he will post an update when we are finished.
I have one that goes with a Colt MKIV Series 70 barrel. Works in my Springfield, not tight like you're describing. Now, JLA set up a Kart NM barrel and Briley spherical bushing a few years ago that requires a wrench to assemble. That one is pretty tight, not match tight though. Shoots nice and accurately too.
standard collet bushing from Colt, it is supposed to keep barrel under pressure all the time, the people in the know don't recommend it for a carry gun, due to one of the finger might break and tie the gun down.
Yup I have an accurizer barrel and the collet bushing. I got it from someone here on the forum but won't name names. I don't use it in anything, I mainly have it as a backup barrel.
What it does is the barrel has a little bit of a flare at the end so that it creates tighter lockup.
It fits my Colt and Springfield. I would swap it out for a factory Colt bushing because what happens is after time those fingers can wear and break and cause a really bad jam. I have never heard of it happening, but there's nothing wrong with the standard bushing. And if you do get a national match one fitted, I recommend using a Briley bushing.
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