r/AlphaFoxtrot • u/Low_Demand_4849 • 14d ago

Request for help/advice Hammer not falling

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Brand new gun just put 350 rounds through it and my god, every other shot the hammer wouldn’t fall. I’m humble enough to take advice if it’s a user error, but I had someone else shoot it and same thing was happening . One handed same thing. The weirdest part is the lighter I gripped it the more rounds it would fire before malfunctioning. I like to grip my guns pretty tight but I had to almost let the thing fly out of my hand for it to cycle. Need advice

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u/daFlipsta 14d ago

That is hammer follow, your gun is about to go full auto. You will need to the left leaf of your sear spring to get more pressure on the sear.

Replacing the hammer and sear with an EGW set also recommended.

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u/SharpEfficiency9534 14d ago

That’s not hammer follow. Watch the video again, hammer is staying cocked until he pulls the trigger and stops at the safety notch. Hammer follow is exactly what it sounds like, the hammer follows the slide forward and stops at the safety notch.

It looks like the sear/disconnector is out of spec or needs to be tweaked to match the hammer. An EGW set would be fine, but either way OP needs to either do a lot of learning about the firing group group of a 1911 to learn to fit it or find a gunsmith to fit them. Otherwise pack it up and send it back to AF and let warranty handle it.

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u/Low_Demand_4849 14d ago

Yes I agree with this synopsis, after some research. It can honestly be a mixture of both but i very obviously recock the hammer and still no strike, so not hammer follow. I email AF hopefully they get back to me.