1911 question

[5hundo]

I have problems with the 8 round mags in my 1911.

What appears to be happening to me is that the slide catches the next round and pushes the bullet downward, jamming it against the inside of the magazine well. I've polished the inside of the well until I was out of dremmel polishing wheels and I'm going to see how that works.

It only seems to do this when the magazine is full or nearly full and it occasionally feeds fine with a full magazine, if I already had a round in the pipe. So what I usually do is load up a 7 rounder, chamber 1 round and load a full 8 rounder. That usually works out okay...

Hollowpoints seem to have more jammings than military ball, in my situation...

[rabbitstew]

I have problems with the 8 round mags in my 1911.

What appears to be happening to me is that the slide catches the next round and pushes the bullet downward, jamming it against the inside of the magazine well. I've polished the inside of the well until I was out of dremmel polishing wheels and I'm going to see how that works.

It only seems to do this when the magazine is full or nearly full and it occasionally feeds fine with a full magazine, if I already had a round in the pipe. So what I usually do is load up a 7 rounder, chamber 1 round and load a full 8 rounder. That usually works out okay...

Hollowpoints seem to have more jammings than military ball, in my situation...

Keep me updated if the dremmel polish does any good. Does your 1911 run smooth with a 7 round mag? What kind of 1911 is it?

[5hundo]

Keep me updated if the dremmel polish does any good. Does your 1911 run smooth with a 7 round mag? What kind of 1911 is it?

It feeds better with an old G.I. 7 rounder...

It's a custom built essex frame...

[trinydex]

i had no idea 10 and 8 rounders were so bad. mine work so well i thought they were preferable. i do know about hte 8+1 situation... but i figured that you just can't do 8+1 (which i guess kinda makes it a 7 round mag).