Hey guys,
So I picked up a new SR1911 LW Commander this week and took it to the range. I LOVE the way it shoots. It was very reliable except with some truncated cone reloads (it double fed once out of a box of 50) and I blamed that on the reloads.
BUT ... being happy that it was reliable and accurate, I loaded up a couple of mags of Critical Duty ammo, popped a mag in, chambered a round and ejected the mag to top it off when to my surprise, the second round in the mag came rattling out on its own
I tried it again, same results. I tried it with 2 more kinds of ammo, same results - both factory mags did it and did it EVERY time. If I put the mag (now with 7 rounds on board) in and chamber a round it comes out looking like the pic below. I'm now pretty sure that the truncated cone rounds that double fed, did so because they weren't as long as the Critical Duty or FMJ rounds and that they were able to travel forward an additional mm or so and that was all it took to have them be totally unconstrained.
Sooooooo ... my question to y'all is do you have any experience with mags with spacers at the rear of the mag (like the Rugers) and do you see this kind of thing happening? I have a couple of other mags already inbound (a Mec-Gar and a W-C) ... I thought I would ask here before I call Ruger tomorrow.
I've had a couple of people tell me that this is normal, but I have ... well ... let's just say I have a "couple" of semi-auto pistols and none of them have EVER made me reload a loose round when topping off a mag. That being said, this is my first 1911 in 9mm.
Thanks,
Saands
So I picked up a new SR1911 LW Commander this week and took it to the range. I LOVE the way it shoots. It was very reliable except with some truncated cone reloads (it double fed once out of a box of 50) and I blamed that on the reloads.
BUT ... being happy that it was reliable and accurate, I loaded up a couple of mags of Critical Duty ammo, popped a mag in, chambered a round and ejected the mag to top it off when to my surprise, the second round in the mag came rattling out on its own
I tried it again, same results. I tried it with 2 more kinds of ammo, same results - both factory mags did it and did it EVERY time. If I put the mag (now with 7 rounds on board) in and chamber a round it comes out looking like the pic below. I'm now pretty sure that the truncated cone rounds that double fed, did so because they weren't as long as the Critical Duty or FMJ rounds and that they were able to travel forward an additional mm or so and that was all it took to have them be totally unconstrained.
Sooooooo ... my question to y'all is do you have any experience with mags with spacers at the rear of the mag (like the Rugers) and do you see this kind of thing happening? I have a couple of other mags already inbound (a Mec-Gar and a W-C) ... I thought I would ask here before I call Ruger tomorrow.
I've had a couple of people tell me that this is normal, but I have ... well ... let's just say I have a "couple" of semi-auto pistols and none of them have EVER made me reload a loose round when topping off a mag. That being said, this is my first 1911 in 9mm.
Thanks,
Saands