Two questions for those that have more experience with 1911s than me...
First, I went to the range today with my friend who brought his grandfather's 1911 that he carried as a tanker in WWII (yes, I was jealous). It was probably the first time that it had been fired since WWII, but he took it apart and cleaned and lubed it and then had at it. It shot fine, however, every ejected piece of brass had the case mouth dented in. Any ideas about what is causing this and whether or not it is a sign of danger?
Secondly, I brought my relatively new Rock Island 1911 (thanks to Dan and co. at Gun Connection). I know its not a WWII 1911, but its my first 1911 and I like it. Besides, not everyone has relatives with guns to hand down...One of my grandfathers was corporal and had no sidearm, and the other was a pilot.
Back on topic...My problem is that the last round of every single magazine hangs up on the case mouth and does not fully seat in the barrel. This happened with all of the three different brands of ammo and the four different magazine brands that I tried. I hear that this is a fairly common problem with the new guns, but it is still getting on my nerves. I have about 400-500 rounds through it now...is this something that will go away as I shoot more, or should I be looking for someone to do some work on it? Who is the best person to do the work?
Thanks for any help...
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I saw this thread...The gun was cleaned and oiled and I used the original mag, a chip mccormick, a wilson combat, and a cheapo 1911 mag, and yet the problem persisted. I also have an EGW high mag catch. My jams look exactly like the pictures on page 2 of the thread...does that leave me at changing the recoil spring and tuning the extractor like Vhad suggested, or does it need more break in time?
First, I went to the range today with my friend who brought his grandfather's 1911 that he carried as a tanker in WWII (yes, I was jealous). It was probably the first time that it had been fired since WWII, but he took it apart and cleaned and lubed it and then had at it. It shot fine, however, every ejected piece of brass had the case mouth dented in. Any ideas about what is causing this and whether or not it is a sign of danger?
Secondly, I brought my relatively new Rock Island 1911 (thanks to Dan and co. at Gun Connection). I know its not a WWII 1911, but its my first 1911 and I like it. Besides, not everyone has relatives with guns to hand down...One of my grandfathers was corporal and had no sidearm, and the other was a pilot.
Back on topic...My problem is that the last round of every single magazine hangs up on the case mouth and does not fully seat in the barrel. This happened with all of the three different brands of ammo and the four different magazine brands that I tried. I hear that this is a fairly common problem with the new guns, but it is still getting on my nerves. I have about 400-500 rounds through it now...is this something that will go away as I shoot more, or should I be looking for someone to do some work on it? Who is the best person to do the work?
Thanks for any help...
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I saw this thread...The gun was cleaned and oiled and I used the original mag, a chip mccormick, a wilson combat, and a cheapo 1911 mag, and yet the problem persisted. I also have an EGW high mag catch. My jams look exactly like the pictures on page 2 of the thread...does that leave me at changing the recoil spring and tuning the extractor like Vhad suggested, or does it need more break in time?
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. Wolf Springs can be ordered cheap directly with budget shipping. I would get an 18.5 for your RIA when you get that one and replace it. 
