Earlier today I went out to the range for a very enjoyable 2 1/2 hour session. Shot 300 in my 1911 and 100 in my P99.
However, I ran into some problems with my 1911. I'm 99.99999% sure it is not the gun. The 1911, a SW1911PD came with two "ACT-MAG" mags with the S&W logo printed on them. I then looked online and found ACT-MAG mags but with the Novak's logo on them. Same mag, just different logo, all brand new and I bought 4.
I would say that 2 or 3 of the 4 gave me issues during my range session with not loading the first or 2nd round. The force of the slide being released would sometimes not be enough to put that first round in.
OR... the 2nd round would get stuck when being inserted into the chamer and I'd have to just clear it.
Now, here's another bit of info. Until this session I've used Magtech 230g FMJ. This time I used (CCI) Independence 230g FMJ. These rounds
look cheap but I think the problem lies with the mags.
It would seem to me a simple solution to finding the problem would be to try the Independence ammo in my original mags and see if I had the same issue.. correct? And if I did I'd know it was the ammo and not the mags. Then to double check I could try Magtech in the new magazines and see if that works nice as well.
Thoughts? Btw below are two links to videos of this happening. On the one instance I was able to just pull the slide back a little and let it rechamber. The other one, I had to pop out the round.
VIDEO 1VIDEO 2