1911 still won't eject brass help!!!

[45automan]

I had it at the range today and the same thing happened. Every 3 or 4 rounds the gun would fail to eject the brass case leaving it in the chamber. When I closed the slide all the way and racked it manually it ejected every time. The gunsmith took it apart in front me and said it's not the Extractor? I did need a new recoil spring though and replaced the old one. What the hell is wrong here?
Thanks,45automan

 

[9x19]

The pistol won't extract the spent case from the chamber but it's not an extractor problem?!

Maybe you need a new gunsmith... You can check the extractor yourself. With the slide off the pistol, and held upright, take a loaded round and slip the rim of the case under the extractor and let go.

Does the round stay in place or fall? If it falls, you have too little extractor tension.

Also, examine the extractor hook itself and see if there are any chips missing from it. Is the groove, which creates the hook, deep of shallow?

A new extactor should be less than $20 and you could always remove yours and take it in to the shop to compare to a new one before buying it.

The sole other possibility that I can think of would be a rough chamber that's causing the case to stick and the extractor is slipping over the rim. In that case there should be some obvious dings in the case rim though.



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[jimmy]

FWIW, every time this stoppage has happened to me (and it seems to have happened a lot over the years), the problem was weak extractor tension. I use a Winchester action-proving dummy (available from Brownells) to check the tension. After chambering the round, I remove the magazine, and then pull the slide back very slowly. The extractor should grasp the rim of the case rather firmly until the ejector pivots the round away. If the extractor drops the round before it reaches the ejector, the extractor tension is too weak. Extraction and ejection may still occur most of the time with a weak extractor--but sooner or later the pistol will fail to extract or eject.

HTH.

 

[TBeck]

Hmmm. I hear about this problem a lot with 1911s. It's probably a flaw in the design. Buy a Glock and never worry about it again.

 

[Fred J. Drumheller]

"A flaw in the design." Right, that's why the military abandoned it after only 70 years and 4 major wars! That's also why elite military and LE units are readopting it.

They must be stupid, going back to an ancient, defective, design when they could have a modern sub-calibre Glock!

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[johnwill]

Well, although I find no fault with the recent adoption of the 1911 by some elite units, I hasten to point out that your "sub-caliber" comment is all wet. I have two glocks in the same caliber as my two 1911's.

 

[Gonzo_308]

how many Military or special units are using the glock? oh that's right. Most elite fighting forces want a gun that will release the mag and or accept a mag with out needing to call "timeout"! "it must be a design flaw" or maybe the REAL design flaw is the cracked frames we've been reading about right here on this very sight! grow up glockheads! you inferiority complex is showing!

 

[walangkatapat]

TBeck, Try shooting SWC's out of a G30 and you'll have extraction problems.

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