opiateofmasses
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I got this desert eagle in a trade last week. It looks like it has a very low round count, but when I disassembled it, it looks like it has potentially had a minor(?) malfunction and repair.
On the bottom of the slide, where the recoil assembly fits into the slide, something is funked up. The recoil assembly doesn't appear to interact with this funked up part of metal, but something is definitely off. It also looks like the tip of the recoil spring that fits in with the piston and the slide has been machined. It is not a square shape, and looks like it has been modified in some way (clear circular machine mark).
I really appreciate any help someone can offer. To me it looks like the recoil assembly "broke" some previous piston and jammed into the slide to mash the metal up. If that is the case it would also explain the machined recoil assembly, and that is disconcerting. Here are some pics:
On the bottom of the slide, where the recoil assembly fits into the slide, something is funked up. The recoil assembly doesn't appear to interact with this funked up part of metal, but something is definitely off. It also looks like the tip of the recoil spring that fits in with the piston and the slide has been machined. It is not a square shape, and looks like it has been modified in some way (clear circular machine mark).
I really appreciate any help someone can offer. To me it looks like the recoil assembly "broke" some previous piston and jammed into the slide to mash the metal up. If that is the case it would also explain the machined recoil assembly, and that is disconcerting. Here are some pics: