1911 main spring housing

[Mr Peabody]

I've got a Taurus 1911 9mm. It's got a flat main spring housing and today I tried to put an arched housing on it that a friend gave me. His was to short, it wouldn't engage the grip safety and hold it in place. Is this a Taurus thing or do the housings come in different lengths?

[tim338]

The officers model housing would be shorter. Other than that I believe the housings are the same legnth. I am not sure about the Taurus 1911s as I have never handled one.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

I do not have a Taurus 1911 but do have several others, and have encountered that very same problem with some of them as I favor the flat housing and have replaced the arched version. What you are probably dealing with is just a parts dissimilarity. You may have to replace both the housing and the grip safety using parts by the same manufacturer, not necessarily Taurus.

[MtGun44]

Probably from an Officers ACP, shortened grip frame by one round, and mainspring
housing, too. A normal full sized one should fit fine.

Bill

[David2011]

I've worked on the Taurus 1911s. Same specs as other 1911s so as was said, the housing that was too short was probably for an Officer's 1911.

David

[Mr Peabody]

Thanks for the answers, they help. I'll try some other housings.