Posted: 4/26/2009 1:20:28 PM EDT
| OK so I have a Springfield 1911A1 Custom that I bought used. It came some crappy old 7 round beat mag and i bought two of those 8 round competition mags(I think MEC-GAR is the company). Anyways, so just about every time I have gone to the range I have had at least one type of failure. When i fist bought it i had a stove pipe jam, the next time I had another one. Today was my third time shooting it and I had all sorts of issues. No stove pipe jams but many problems extracting fully.I have no idea what if anything (spring wise) has been changed but I would like to have to gain some input from those who are much "wiser" than I as to what to do here. I like the gun but these jams are unacceptable. I used for screwing around i have reliable factory ammo that I use. I have a glock that is my carry pistol and up to this point its with good reason I have it. I have had more issues with it than my glock, however I do enjoy the quality and accuracy of it using a man caliber. |
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OK so I have a Springfield 1911A1 Custom that I bought used. It came some crappy old 7 round beat mag and i bought two of those 8 round competition mags(I think MEC-GAR is the company). Anyways, so just about every time I have gone to the range I have had at least one type of failure. When i fist bought it i had a stove pipe jam, the next time I had another one. Today was my third time shooting it and I had all sorts of issues. No stove pipe jams but many problems extracting fully.I have no idea what if anything (spring wise) has been changed but I would like to have to gain some input from those who are much "wiser" than I as to what to do here. I like the gun but these jams are unacceptable. I used for screwing around i have reliable factory ammo that I use. I have a glock that is my carry pistol and up to this point its with good reason I have it. I have had more issues with it than my glock, however I do enjoy the quality and accuracy of it using a man caliber. I'd try new mags - tripps, wilsons, or CMC powermags - and you might need a new extractor depending on how used it is and how long it's been since it was replaced etc etc. Oh and we need pics of your gun 
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If you're having failures to extract your extractor is out of tune. The extractors on the Brazilian made Springfields are pretty well known for crapping out early. I'd suggest a Wilson Combat Bullet Proof extractor. In the mean time - http://www.ar15.com/content/page.html?id=289 |
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OK so I have a Springfield 1911A1 Custom that I bought used. It came some crappy old 7 round beat mag and i bought two of those 8 round competition mags(I think MEC-GAR is the company). Anyways, so just about every time I have gone to the range I have had at least one type of failure. When i fist bought it i had a stove pipe jam, the next time I had another one. Today was my third time shooting it and I had all sorts of issues. No stove pipe jams but many problems extracting fully.I have no idea what if anything (spring wise) has been changed but I would like to have to gain some input from those who are much "wiser" than I as to what to do here. I like the gun but these jams are unacceptable. I used for screwing around i have reliable factory ammo that I use. I have a glock that is my carry pistol and up to this point its with good reason I have it. I have had more issues with it than my glock, however I do enjoy the quality and accuracy of it using a man caliber. did you give the gun a good cleaning and lube? what type/brand of ammo? whats the symptoms for "limp wristing"? it could be the mods in the gun, but who knows. i would try some ball ammo and see what happens too. i know it should feed HPs, but i would see what happens w/ball. good quality mags wouldnt hurt either. i know mecgar mags really good mags for alot of guns, but dont know about 1911s. i would start with the least expensive/evasive and work my way up. if you know of a good 1911 smith, i would take it to him too. with ammo prices being what they are, you could eatup the trip to a smith in ammo/parts/mags. |
| Well Actually I don't think I have cleaned it since i bought it. I may have lubed it when I FIRST got it. I have numerous gunsmith around me, but i dont know how good any of them are with 1911's. I was going to buy a new springs from Woffe springs and get a new Wilson extractor. I can put the recoil spring in but the rest I cant do. I may have been limp wristing it. I went from shooting my glock to it. I'll need to check that out. I am shooting ball ammo, its Winchester the white box crap. I have only put about 150 rounds through it since I have owned it. |
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If you're having failures to extract your extractor is out of tune. The extractors on the Brazilian made Springfields are pretty well known for crapping out early. I'd suggest a Wilson Combat Bullet Proof extractor. In the mean time - http://www.ar15.com/content/page.html?id=289 This, SAs extractors are pretty pathetic as is SAs lack of ability to actually set it correctly. |