Jorah Lavin
New member
I was reading about reliability in the 1911 on this site:
http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/tech/reliability_secrets.htm
and found a description of how to evaluate the tension on the extractor in your 1911. My Kimber Ultra Carry has always thrown brass all over the countryside, so I was curious as to how my gun compared. I took the slide off the frame, slid a round under the extractor... nothing. So loose that you can't imagine the extractor retaining the round on its own.
I made a diagram attempting to show the relative sizes of the gap in relation to the shell.
http://www.madstone.net/extractor.html
Please forgive the amateur "artwork."
Can anyone tell me what I can do, or if I need to do anything, to correct this situation?
Thanks.
-Jorah
http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/tech/reliability_secrets.htm
and found a description of how to evaluate the tension on the extractor in your 1911. My Kimber Ultra Carry has always thrown brass all over the countryside, so I was curious as to how my gun compared. I took the slide off the frame, slid a round under the extractor... nothing. So loose that you can't imagine the extractor retaining the round on its own.
I made a diagram attempting to show the relative sizes of the gap in relation to the shell.
http://www.madstone.net/extractor.html
Please forgive the amateur "artwork."
Can anyone tell me what I can do, or if I need to do anything, to correct this situation?
Thanks.
-Jorah