Well, 9 years and more rounds than most owners will fire in a lifetime before the first significant parts failure, is a decent record for a $500 1911...
Background: took my Metro AC2 out of the case for some dryfire about an hour ago, and when I did the chamber check the slide and safety acted odd for second and then the plunger tube dropped off.... the two legs/frame pins broke off of the tube pretty much at the joint with the tube. based on the appearance of face(s) of the two stubs left behind in the frame I'm just about certain that
Background: took my Metro AC2 out of the case for some dryfire about an hour ago, and when I did the chamber check the slide and safety acted odd for second and then the plunger tube dropped off.... the two legs/frame pins broke off of the tube pretty much at the joint with the tube. based on the appearance of face(s) of the two stubs left behind in the frame I'm just about certain that
- the plunger tubes that Metro uses are MIM
- at least one pin (the front one), had a void at the join with the tube