Clean, Lu e, and load each magazine one rounders d short of full. Try 100 and if all goes well, load the mags full and try again. When the round has suck did you notice if the extractor still had ahold of it?

 

I did not notice if the extractor still had a hold of it or not. I plan on stripping it down, cleaning, lubing and taking it out again this weekend. Ill try loading all mags with just 7 rds and giving that a try.

 

The jury is always still out for the first 400-500 rounds of a new 1911; I had an STI Spartan that had 6-7 FTF on my first 100 rounds, another 2-3 my second 100, 1-2 my third, and none at all after that. As the motion of the slide settles into the frame, the FTF issues usually subside. It concerns me that some of your FTF's were so serious that your pistol needing more than a tap on the butt to seat the round. Try another 200 rounds or so and if it's still doing it, you may need a feed ramp polish or extractor adjustment.

 

Im thinking it has something to do with the feed ramp on the frame. I stripped and cleaned just the gun before ever firing it, not the magazines. The first 50 rds were flawless then progressively got more jams. The gun has a cerakote coating on the frame including the feed ramp. When I tore it down last night and cleaned it, I noticed a lot of wear marks on the feed ramp that wore through the coating. That combined with the WWB ammo that always seems to be a little dirty might have been causing all the problems. Especially since it started out ok and got worse the more I shot.

So.. I cleaned and lubed it all up. Tonight I'll look into cleaning the magazines. Then this weekend try it again. If im still having problems I'll probably see about getting the feed ramp and throat polished.

Ill also give the downloading a shot, and tap the mags to seat the rounds a try.

 

I'd remove the coating from the feed ramp.If it was a surface treatment like blueing or Melonite it wouldn't bother me but I don't want paint on it,you're already digging it off.I belive Pistolwrench and/or Bob Rodgers do this.Dry mags and extractor tension are other areas to check but you said it worked before this work was done so you need to backtrack through what was changed.

 

The feedramp on my Rail Gun, with Cerekote, doesn't affect it's feeding (it's been 100% reliable). I fired 300 rounds or so the first time out with my Rail Gun and didn't have a problem. Mag is the first place I'd look before messing with the pistol.

 

My feed ramp has the same markings. I took mags apart, cleaned and lightly oiled them. They seemed a bit smoother afterwards. Hopefully thats all it is. Ill try tapping the back of the mags to seat the rounds also. Like I said all the problems happened when chambering the first round. I think I only had one jam in the middle of a mag. That could be me limp wristing though.

 

And don't put 8 rounds in flush fitting mags.

 

Were you only loading 7 in yours? That could be the problem. Like I said this is my first 1911.

 

I was not able to get to the range this weekend, but I did run some snap caps through it about 100 times. I didnt have any problems or issues. Im hoping that since it was new and started to get dirty, that was the cause of the problems. Now that it is all cleaned and lubed and the magazines all cleaned up hopefully the issues are solved!

I hope.

 

No problems...

With my Rail gun, not a single one. She shoots POA! Shot Blazer Brass 230gr FMJ. I am totally happy with it.

 

My personal opinion is that I wouldn't pronounce a gun a "jammer" until I'd tried it with Wilson 47D mags. After hard won experience, I use nothing else. What is a $30 magazine compared to the price of a $1,000 handgun? Give it a try. God Bless, Marc

 

Finally got back to the range. The gun ran flawlessly. I short loaded and tapped the mags to make sure rounds were seated, like everyone suggested. Thanks for tips!! Now I just need to fix myself to tighten up the groupings. :scratch:

 

Glad to hear that.



Glad the Rail Gun is working out!

 

I had a few problems with the first few mags I shot. I was using Buffalo Bore +P. After shooting several more mags of WWB and Federal FMJs I haven't had a problem with anything.