AMT .45 Backup Problems

My hammer looks close to the frame but it does not touch it. The problem I have is when clean it will shoot most of the time ok. After about 4 mags it will start to not go all the way into battery. A little push forward and it will fire. The other problem I have is it will throw out a live round once in a while. It will go click and when you pull the slide back the chamber will be empty. I will then find a live round on the ground. I think the slide not going forward can be fixed with a new spring. I am planning on getting one of these when I get time. The round coming out may be a mag feed lip problem. I have 5 factory mags and I even numbered them so I can keep track of what each one is doing. It doesn't seem to make a difference which mag it is. I have about 200 rounds through it. No place real close to shoot so I don't get out often.
 
I think the problem with the slide not coming all the way forward without a push after shooting through a few magazines is from either powder fouling or inadequate lubrication. One shooter sprays his with powder solvent when this happens and says that takes care of it. I have switched to using TW25b NRA synthetic gun grease on the slide and frame rails which eliminated the problem for me. The live round on the ground problem is very similar to the live round stovepipe. In my case, the round was flipping up out of the magazine sporadically without contacting the feed ramp due to the mag lips being spread to wide, instead of guiding the round all the way forward before releasing it.
 
Hi Guys, nice to see this post! I have been working on my .45 DAO also, and do not want to give up since I overall like it! Replaced all the springs and polished everything although still waiting on my Wolf XS recoil spring. I believe as someone noted on the forum, that the secret is in the mags! I have 3 where only 1 works well. One of them even spits out an occasional live round in between shots! As it stands, I am getting several failures to fully go into battery out of a box of 50 rounds. I am planning to get a modern follower and spring and fit it in the better mag., or get a hybrid Wilson mag and cut and weld to fit. Has anyone had succes with this approach?
 
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Anyone know a source for a stronger recoil spring? Mine is an early DA2xxx serial#. Had it for years but it's only reliable with 230gr FMJ hardball.
 
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