Couple more photos. Looks like this one has the older long-spacing for the barrel weight.

 

Couple more photos. Looks like this one has the older long-spacing for the barrel weight.



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All 5.50" barrel steel ribbed Victors, 104 and 107 series, had the longer barrel weight and barrel weight mounting hole spacing.

This early ,February 1971, Victor shows the same weight attachment screw spacing

 

Looks like a nice one and with a steel rib. Good price too. I’ve never seen an add on arched grip. I prefer the arched msh on a 1911 too and I’ll bet that matches pretty well.

John

 

Very nice. You will enjoy it a lot

 

I had a Bob Shae Victor, mint the barrel was perfect I took it off wrapped it in a scope box and but it on the shelf..after I purchased a custom barrel from MGM I believe...haha..im sorry it was years ago..but if your interested I believe Mike is the only one ya want ..
My new barrel was fire!..boy was it a sweet set up I had an aim point red dot..I could shot shoot the eyes out of a bird in a tree..hahaha.it was pretty impressive
The magazines are another subject..what a major pain in the butt..oh and forget about cold weather use ..my gun was so tight it would drag no matter what I used..
It's a true target pistol..I dont care what any one may say..to this day it is by far the most impressive pistol I've ever owned..you still don't understand...I had a pistol that actually had a soul..what ever it was Mr Shae would do to those guns was nothing short of voodoo R.I.P. Mr Shae..
I actually reached out because I wanted to ask Mr Shae if he would take a picture holding my pistol he built...but he was ill and passed shortly after I found him..
It made me sad..sad enough I sold the gun..
I dont know why it was something I felt I had to do..I still can't explain it..I even deleted my photos of it so it could all die a natural death perhaps...
That's one of my choppy gun stories

 

Most likely trigger problem is at front end of part 42 in diagram. May need oil or to have corrosion cleaned off. The pin that goes through top hole of trigger is where the problem occurs
High Standard Victor Parts | Numrich Gun Parts (gunpartscorp.com)

 

Thanks for the info. I found a few old RFC posts about people with the same issue, and found a few fixes (the fix you explained above, grime / rust on pivot pin, possible missing / incorrectly installed sear bar spring, possible binding of sear bar).

I planned to tear it down for a deep clean, so I'll check out all the items while I'm in there.

Thanks!

 

Quick update.

Took off the barrel and the slide last night. The pistol is filthy, lots of powder residue all over. Needs a deep clean for sure. I can also see powder residue down in the trigger bar area.

Tested the trigger / hammer / sear with the slide off (yes, held the hammer to prevent it from hitting the frame). Looks like it all works as it should, but definitly gummed up. Could be a mix of powder residue and old lube.

Hopefully a tear-down and a good clean / lube will fix the issue.

 

A nice find, I’m sure you will enjoy it!
Nice pics!