Confucius say...

TroyF · May 14, 2011

He who does not have spare 1911 firing pin is doomed to not shoot demos during In-Service firearms class. What spare parts to you think are mandatory to keep on hand?

technetium-99m · May 14, 2011

Slide stops and thumb safeties.

Never broken a firing pin, so I would have been screwed too.

TroyF · May 14, 2011

So let's work toward compiling a list of mandatroy spare parts to keep on hand for the common guns (1911, Glock, M&P, AR15, etc). We get some good lists going and I'll find a good place to sticky the lists. So everyone pull your thinking boonies on, and send me your lists.

Scott Hearn · May 14, 2011

M&P

1) Spare striker assembly
2) Trigger return spring (Glock spring will work in a pinch)

3) Mass qty's of fiber optic rod (if that's what you run up front)

Prdator · May 14, 2011

For my Glock, I keep the following extra parts in my range bag.

Frame, complete
Slide, complete

and both of them pre-assembled into a convenient package.....

Yea,

Trigger return sping,
Extra slide release ( the only part I've ever had break on a glock)
extra pin set
extractor
recoil spring
Slide stop spring
ect.

mike cyrwus · May 15, 2011

Confucius say man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day.

TroyF · May 16, 2011

There ya have it ladies and gentlemen, a thread about what spares do we need, and our resident gunsmith is making wee wee jokes! Lol. Come on Mike, give us some gun wisdom.

Burk Cornelius · May 16, 2011

Prdator said:
For my Glock, I keep the following extra parts in my range bag.

Frame, complete
Slide, complete

and both of them pre-assembled into a convenient package.....

This. The best spare parts is an extra gun.

Wall · May 16, 2011

mike cyrwus said:
Confucius say man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day.

Confucius say man who walk through airport turnstile sideways....going to bangcock.

You wouldn't believe how many people I run across that don't even have oil in their rangebag......if they even have a range bag.

I found out this weekend how valueable a squib rod is too.

Robusto · May 16, 2011

Aspirin, lots of Aspirin.

and M&P palm swells.

TroyF · May 16, 2011

I've sticky-ed a topic over in the Handgun section on this very topic. Could prove useful to folks. I'm shutting this badboy down for housecleaning purposes.