Firing pin fail

[1911SHOOTER]

My R51 has very strong firing pin action; the primer indent actually has a little ridge around it, like a moon crater, indicating a strong strike. Also, the pistol will fire with magazine removed!

Springfield art,
     There is no  warning in the manual that the pistol will fire with the magazine out.   Not to worry.
Blackie

[1911SHOOTER]

Wells piffle! I was at the range doing two shot string drills when I started getting light strikes and clicks. I disassembled the gun there on site and found that the firing pin, inside the Pederson block, was acting sticky. It would go forward and not retract and not want to go forward as far as it should, binding up or jamming on something apparently. I haven't disassembled it yet, and may not at all, but my current guess is that a bit of detritus somehow got in the firing pin Channel or, less likely, that the firing pin spring has somehow gotten wonked up. I will be pulling it down and taking a closer look at it here very shortly.

Peace favor your sword (mobile)

Kirk,
     Seems like somebody else had this problem a while back,  but it doesn't sound like your problem.   Check the firing pin and spring. 
The firing pin mostly for burrs.
Blackie

[R51Fan2017]

Best of luck to you Kirk. Wow. I wonder why they wouldn't return your gun? Something must have been bad wrong with it. Probably good thing you sent it in anyway. If it was something catastrophic, better for Remington to catch it by looking at it, than have your face catch it. Please do give a review on your new one when it gets here. would love to see it. As to your old one, I would have no clue as to what was causing it to freeze up.

[lklawson]

Best of luck to you Kirk. Wow. I wonder why they wouldn't return your gun? Something must have been bad wrong with it. Probably good thing you sent it in anyway. If it was something catastrophic, better for Remington to catch it by looking at it, than have your face catch it. Please do give a review on your new one when it gets here. would love to see it. As to your old one, I would have no clue as to what was causing it to freeze up.

I never found out why they replaced but I am 100% convinced that there was nothing wrong with it beyond the firing pin.  That could have been fixed by simply replacing the Pedersen block even if they didn't want to drive out the retaining pins and find out if there was a kinked spring or a bit of crap in the channel.

I believe completely that there was no other issue and certainly not something seriously wrong.  What I believe is that the service center wanted to do as quick a turnaround time as possible.  They got my gun, ensured there was a problem with the firing pin, then just replaced the whole gun in interests of time.  Why?  Because Remington is trying hard to rehabilitate their image.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk