Having problems with a SA 1911-A1

[six 4 sure]

BACKGROUND

I recently purchased a Springfield Armory 1911-A1 Standard. I has a parkerized finish, Millet sights, and appears to have been made somewere around 1989, judging from the litature that came in the box. The gun appears to have been shot very little, it was ver clean, and had little to no holster wear.

PROBLEM

After bring it home and cleaning it I loaded up its clip with some Speer Gold Dot hp's and chambered a round to be sure it would feed hollow points. Being satisified it would, I ejected the clip and cleared the round in the chamber. Ok, now it gets interesting. The hp that was in the chamber, its bullet was forced further into the case about a 1/8". This alarmed me.

WHAT I TRIED

I then loaded up three different clips, of different manufacturers. Same thing happened threee more times. The round would feed, but the bullet would be forced in about an 1/8".

Then I tried a different brand of hollow point ammo (Golden Sabers). Same results, however the bullet was only forced in about 1/16".

Ball ammo worked with no problems.

IDEAS AS TO WHAT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE

The spear ammo I was using is a little old(4-5 years) but seem to work fine in my Colt. Could it be the ammo?

Does the feed ramp need to be polished? It doesn't look that bad to me, but I am FAR form an expert on things like that.

Or is this some strange quirk with SA's?


Any help, suggestions, or similar experiences would be great.

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"The possession of arms is the distinction between a free man and a slave." Andrew Fletcher, 1695 Discourse on Government

[This message has been edited by six 4 sure (edited July 24, 2000).]

 

[9x19]

That's a new one...

Have you removed the barrel and just dropped rounds into the chamber? Do they drop in easily? A POSSIBLE cause could be an improperly cut chamber, tho' it's a remot possiblity.

Does the barrel hood's underside have a bevel to it? Do the bullets show any signs of having impacted any thing?

Let us know whatcha find.

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Make mine lean, mean, and 9x19!

 

[Bottom Gun]

Is the pistol leaving any marks on the bullet? If so, what do the marks look like?

 

[six 4 sure]

The bullets do not have any strange marks on them. Upon further eximanation, the only thing I found were copper marks on the feedramp. I assume those came from the copper jacket of the hollowpoint.

It has been suggested to me since I posted this that most likely the feed ramp angle need to be changed.

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"The possession of arms is the distinction between a free man and a slave." Andrew Fletcher, 1695 Discourse on Government

 

[zeke]

more en likely it is just the ammo, when people actually do detailed mearurements of bullet setback in semi's, they are occasionally suprised. This may be cause for worry in plus p rounds, or if you keep doing it to the same bullet. Have noticed this in Remingtons old standard 185 gn plus p hps. Don't use them anymore. It may help to polish feedramp. Your colt also may have a different weight recoil spring or slightly different feed ramp angles.