Posted: 10/15/2005 5:44:53 PM EDT
| The last two times I've taken my SA WW2 1911 out I've got hit in the face with brass leaving bloody crescent shaped marks on my forehead. Those were the only two times I've shot it since I bought it new. I've also experienced FTF with it. Is the plunger spring too tight? What's going on? My cheap knockoff 1911 has never, EVER given me any problems at all. |
I'm getting married on Friday and my future wife says I can't go shooting again until after the wedding  She said she doesn't want to see a bunch of brass damage to my face in all of our wedding pictures. LOL and to think, I thought it's just a new gun and that would happen every once and a while because it's not broken in yet. So you guys are pretty sure its the extractor? How would I tweak it? Or what's the recommended brand that wont set me back a small fortune?
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| Wilson Bulletproof. And, wear a baseball cap pulled down a bit, that helps a lot. Are you a lefty? And since you say you have FTF, I'd bet it's your extractor that is causing that also. Load a round in the mag, insert mag, pull slide back and while keeping it pointed downtange slowly ride the slide back into battery, notice when the gun hitches or drags, i'd bet it's when the round is fed from the mag, and the rim is trying to slide into the extractor groove, inspect your empty fired brass, I'd bet you see a bright mark or ding from the extractor IN the rim groove. I have 3 SAs, ALL of them had crappy extractors. Take that for what it's worth. |
| Don't worry about the dented rim, thats normal in the GI and Milspec guns. Is the chip on the back of the case or IN the rim groove of the expended round? If in the rim groove, you have the typical crappy MIM SA extractor. Is it a SS WW2 Gun? [I have one] if so the small bits are plated and some have flashing left on them from the process. Mine did. Remove the extractor and examine it carefully, looking at the bottom of it where the round would slide past first. It should be beveled and smooth, I'd bet tho, that it is almost a 90 degree cut with just a BIT of bevel, however it's not enough to promote proper feeding and I will bet the edges are sharp and "catch" the brass also. If it is just buy a bulletproof and be done with it. I screwed with mine just for the hell of it, but I also have lots of 1911s to play with also. Post what you find if you can. |