I’m STILL very happy with the pistol and the way it shoots, especially since Spear was good enough to inlet some contrasting material into the front sight (old eyes and all that), and cleaned up the trigger a bit for me.
Early reading this morning over at The Miller reminded me it’s ‘that’ time of the month. Cleaning time, cleaning time… sheesh…
Anyhoo, after going to the range it was time to clean the Mustang. I’ll apologize in advance for the lousy pics. Brigid I’m not…
Here’s a target…
I’m still shooting it a tad low, but I can live with that…
So, to break it down…
Unload it, remove all magazines and ammo, check that slide again and make damn sure there isn’t one up the pipe!
Rack the slide and get the hammer back (makes it MUCH easier to position the slide); push the slide stop out through the cut out in the slide like so…
Remove the slide stop, and the slide can move forward, note the double coil recoil spring. Also note the slide stop spring now has a nicely CNC’ed niche for it to ride in and it actually stays in the pistol (one of the BIG problems with the older version)!!!
Now you have three pieces
Remove the recoil spring and barrel and you’re down to the main parts for cleaning…
Clean, oil/grease as you desire, and start the reassembly…
Note the way the recoil spring is placed just like it is on the ‘big’ Colts.
Reassemble and function check (again ensure NO ammunition is anywhere near). In this pic you get a good view of the insert in the front sight Spear did for me…
And back in battery and ready to go!!!
One down and WAY too many to go on the cleaning… sigh…
I’ve been very happy with this little pistol, it’s easy to carry, and especially with summer coming, the ability to deep conceal/pocket carry will make things a LOT easier!
I have shot one of the old mustangs. Fun gun to shoot!! I generally cary an lcp for the ease and concealability. TX is real gun friendly except for when it comes to printing and such of your carry piece. Having small kids that climb and crawl on you doesn’t make concealment any easier. I’m a huge fan of pocket carry!!
Shooting low? If you are using 185 or 200 gr bullets, perhaps you might try using 230 grain bullets.
They will shoot higher than the lighter bullets.
That’s interesting. I thought that it had the same spring assembly as the Colt Officer’s Model.
One of these is definitely on my ‘wants’ list.
Riley- Agreed!
Roger- It’s a .380, and the low shooting is on me, not the gun…
LL- Not quite, but it works well!
Robert- It’s a good one! Worth the money for a ‘new’ one!!!
Cute little thing. Good pics, thanks.
That looks pretty tempting. . Thanks for the update (and that’s a pretty nice target as well). .
JR- THanks!
Brigid- Blind hog… 🙂 And it’s a nice little piece! MUCH better than the old Mustang!
Gotta watch that “one in the pipe”. Embarrassing when TSA catches it.
I want a video of the owner wrestling around with the recoil spring during the assembly process, including the 37 minutes spent looking all over the floor for the thrice-damned thing when it gets loose.
Nice pistol, by the way.