I have a Dan Wesson 1911 style pistol that has performed flawlessly for the past year. Yesterday, while at the range, I had no problem with some factory loads, about 50 in all, but my reloaded ammo, which has never given me a problem, did not fare so well.
Out of an 8 round mag, at least once, and most of the time two to three times, the hammer would fall but not fire. I looked at the primer and there was a vey light indention. When I manually re-cock and fire, sometimes it would fire, but many times I have to re-cock several times.
A friend fired my relaods in his HK with no problems, and I have not had this problem with any other .45 I have. But I also have no problems with factory loads thus far with my Dan Wesson.
Any ideas or recommendations as to whats the problem?
Reloads are with a mixture of brass headstamps, using Winchester primers, and of course no "battery" issues as the slide closes completely.
Thanks,
Bob