GSG 1911-22 bites the dust. Sorta.

[JetGirl]

After thousands and thousands of faithful rounds down the barrel, this weekend the barrel bushing cracked in half and the bottom half flew out taking the guide rod spring and the spring cap with it...never to be seen again!

Guess I'll be using that 800 number from GSG to track down replacement parts!

 

[dhw9am]

Absolutely amazing!
I have a Chiappa 22lr pistol, and the barrel bushing broke in exactly the same place as yours on your GSG.
The only difference with me, is my Chiappa took much work on my part, to get thousands of rounds through it.
I will say this for Chiappa. Their CS people were very helpful and friendly, in getting me my new part.
$19.00 to my front door for the bushing only.

 

[Drakkule]

Nice, and by that I mean, it's nice to see people shooting the %#@$ out of the tool that was built for it.

 

[JetGirl]

my Chiappa took much work on my part, to get thousands of rounds through it.

I never had a moment of trouble with it up to that event. In excess of 14k is our closest guess, taking into account the number of bulk packs I've purchased, not counting stuff other people bought/shot through it, nor the times I've loaned it out to safety classes. I should have probably kept count... just to see.

 

[gglass]

you are lucky enough to have a GSG with the original cast barrel bushing. These have been replaced with steel bushings after the 1st gens were found to have this issue. CS will replace the bushing and all lost pieces at no cost to you.

 

[shibumiseeker]

I had several hundred trouble free rounds through the GSG-1911 I had that I bought used (except that it would not run well with bulk packs), and then when I sold it it gave the new owner endless trouble.

 

[JetGirl]

you are lucky enough to have a GSG with the original cast barrel bushing.

No, I asked for all the upgrades at the time and replaced them as soon as they showed up. Bushing, follower, slide stop.

 

[GNRPowdeR]

 

[chezuki]

No, I asked for all the upgrades at the time and replaced them as soon as they showed up. Bushing, follower, slide stop.

Hmm... The one in your picture is definitely cast.

 

[JetGirl]

Hmm... The one in your picture is definitely cast.

I been ROBBED.

 

[chezuki]

I been ROBBED.

I retract my definitive answer. In my opinion, the texture of the break looks cast, but it could be MIM Steel.

 

[nascarfantoo]

I been ROBBED.

Should have keep the 45 closer and maybe could have averted the robbery.

Looks like cast to me as well, but I have never seen cross section of a fracture in MIM steel.

 

[churchmouse]

I had a P-12 Para do this after several thousand rounds of .45 ACP and a lot of +p in that mix. I could not find the parts either.

It has already been mentioned but GSG may make good on this.

 

[JetGirl]

ATI says parts will be in the mail in five days.
Except for the spring plug (cap)...it's on back-order.
I tried a few others in it, just to see if I could switch them around... nope.
Not the bushings either. I don't know who started the rumor that all the parts were 80% interchangeable...but in layman's terms; "they ain't."

 

[thompal]

ATI says parts will be in the mail in five days.
Except for the spring plug (cap)...it's on back-order.
I tried a few others in it, just to see if I could switch them around... nope.
Not the bushings either. I don't know who started the rumor that all the parts were 80% interchangeable...but in layman's terms; "they ain't."

"80% interchangeable" means that parts ALMOST fit.

 

[Rick60]

Go with cw accesories replacement parts.... Can't go wrong ,great company!!!!!!!

 

[Rick60]

I have the barrel bushing,spring plunger,guide rod and spring,mainspring housing from cw accesories and a custom matched barrel alignment cone from ZRT... Both really good companies and very easy to deal with. Check them out.... Don't go with GSG replacement parts... There are much better parts out there!

 

[JetGirl]

ZRTS is hooking me up!!

 

[BIGnTall83]

I had a good experience with ZRTS for my GSG

 

[JetGirl]

Stuff from both places showed up together today.