FTF problem

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gburner

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I went shooting with an old friend yesterday, he with his .40 Glock and me with my 1911. Though I scored consistently better than him at 50 ft., I was frustrated by my weapon's problem with chambering the initial round in the mag. and occasional failure to feed in the seven shot cycle. 3 possible problems come to mind.....it was cold outside where we were shooting.....I didn't lube the weapon prior to shooting.....
after 50+ rounds there was significant buildup of residue.
I was shooting 230 grain ball ammo, both Winchester and Union Metallic, fom Kimber and Colt mags. Advice???
 
Well, cold should not be a problem unless there was a lot of grease. Cold weather preparation requires removal of all grease and lubrication with only light oil, and removal of all grease and oil from the inside of the magazines.

As to the failures to feed, a bit more info would be helpful. Has the gun done this before? How does it fail to feed? Does the round hit the feed ramp? Does it end up "smokestacked"?

Jim
 
UMC does that worse than any other in my guns...Won't FTF, but it is filthy and the combo of that and the cold with little to no lube sounds like the deal to me. Either no lube or something that stays after it's dry is best in winter...NO GREASE!
Oh yeah...you aren't reloading any other way except by releasing the slide lock are you? If you are, go back to the correct manual of arms to start with.
good luck...
 
The round hits the feed ramp and does not advance up the throat and into the breech. The slide would only go foreward with some manual fiddling (no forcing). Once I cleaned it afterwards, I noticed how dry and fouled it actually was. I have cycled rounds thru it today w/o problem. I was just wondering if I was missing something.
 
I am not saying this is true in your case, but many/most 1911A1 FTF problems are related to marginal magazines, including factory mags. If the problem continues, you may wish to try a Wilson 7 or 8 shot magazine as a "no repair resolution".
 
If no problem was noticed in a previous shooting session with the same magazines and ammo types, I'd say it was due to not enough lubrication of the weapon.

More than likely the slide was hitting a "sticking point" in a place that has pretty tight tolerances.

A light lube will work to cure your problems. If you are going to be in excessively cold weather for extended periods of time you might want to consider a dry lube.

Good Shooting
RED
 
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