Whats the most common malfunction in your 1911?

Most common malfunction in your 1911

  • Type 1 - Failure to fire

    Votes: 5 13.5%

  • Type 2 - Failure to eject

    Votes: 25 67.6%

  • Type 3 - Failure to extract

    Votes: 7 18.9%
  • Total voters
    37
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NMGlocker

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Just for informational purposes only, and to help all the new shooters out there, what is the most common malfunction with your 1911?
 
When I owned Colt model 1911s years ago, I encountered lots of feeding and extraction failures, and finally sold them all and said to @#$%^&! with the gun and caliber.

I bought a Kimber about two years ago, and haven't encountered a single feeding, firing, or extraction failure, although some of my early semi-wad cutter target loads were too light to push the slide back far enough for it to stay open after the last round. I haven't shot any of the new Kimber model 1911s, but mine is what Colt should have made.
 
In the CF auto line, I shoot mostly a 1941 Colt M1911A1, a Remington Rand M1911A1, and a Norinco. The answer to the question is none.

Only in testing ammunition have I had failures and I have deliberately induced some of those.

If a gun of mine has ANY failures (not directly caused by ammo or magazines), it will be 1) fixed, 2) relegated to collector status, or 3) no longer mine.

Jim
 
Depending on what type of magazine I am using, either after round 7-8 or on round 10-11 I consistently have a failure to fire.




Then I look down and realize I shot the gun dry.
 
C R Sam--Best answer.

I have one, a Colt Officers, that sometimes won't go completely into battery, and must be nudged into place. Tight chamber, I suspect. Better go shoot it some more.

Other: Failure to feed.
 
Led, you may to check the spring. I had a Glock do that once. Just replaced the spring and it was good to go.

I had a Colt break at Chapman Academy. Poor thing just wore out (on third barrel). Cylinder and Slide brought it back from the dead.

When I used McCormick mags for training, I had a lot of failures to feed on the last round when the mags were dying. Use Metalform mags now.

When I had an overtravel screw in my pistols, the gun wouldn't shoot. I thought I froze on the trigger. Yank it out and throw it over the berm.

Of course, I have a whole bunch of malfunctions everytime I shoot. However, I set those up deliberately.:D
 
i haven't shot as many rounds through mine as most of you guys have but i've never had a problem in my Springfield 1911 mil-spec.

Scott
 
Type 5, Bad Magazine, Failure to load a round.

Happens with a magazine bought at a gun show sometimes.

Easily fixed by thowing away the bad magazine.

With known good magazines I find Type 4 "Out of Ammo" is the only other failure my 1911's have ever had. :D
 
A stoppage caused by ammo or mag is still a stoppage...

FTFs with my V-10 from long OAL handloads.

The ubiquitous FTF from last rounds due to tired/insufficient mag springs. Seen this occur on everything from a cheapie AutoOrd with USA mags to a megabuck Springfield Professional with Wilson 47D's. Solution? Throw away the USAs, get fresh springs in the Wilsons.

I need to start buying 1911's and mags from wherever Jim Keenan does. ;)
 
I had never had a problem, except Sam's, until last February. During the first morning session of the last training class I attended, just about all of my mags went to not locking the slide back after the last round. I thought I was going to go nuts: A mixture of Springfield, Metalform and CMC Shooting Stars that had never balked before.

After lunch, a little introspection and some dry firing I realized my support hand thumb had been riding the slide stop - hard. A little adjustment of the nut that holds on to the grip and the problem went away.

Back to shooting, reloading, shooting, reloading, shoo..... You get the idea. ;)
 
With every single 1911 I've owned, sooner or later I have a failure to feed. The reasons have varied from magazines to dirty chambers to light recoil springs, etc, etc, etc.....
 
It used to be "failure to go into battery". Problem solved. Now it is "Failure for the slide to lock back over an empty magazine".:rolleyes:
 
All problems I've had with my Combat Commander can be traced to one of three items, not listed:
1) Bad Ammo. Avoid cheap reloads, factory or "baggie brand." If you do go for large numbers at the expense of quality, be aware that your shooting practice is liable to be more for the sake of perfecting grip, sight picture, etc., because you'll have rounds fomr the same box hitting the dirt in front of you and whistling off into the distance...
2) Bad magazines. Acutally, I haven't had this problem, but it is out there...
3) Operator headspace. Failure to fully insert magazine, limp-writsing, buyhing cheap reloads...

Can't blame the gun.
 
The only malfunctions I have ever had with my Kimber 1911s are failure to go all the way into battery. The gun extracts, ejects, strips the new round, gets the round up the ramp and almost all the way into the chamber, but doesn't completely chamber it. This usually will happen after several hundred rounds without cleaning. It is a rare occurence, but it does happen. I have considered going up one strength level of recoil spring to fix this. Any thoughts?
 
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