SA 1911 - Feedramp issues/Send it back??

[Nate74]

[cmace22]

How are you cambering the first round?

Do you use the slide catch or do you pull the slide back by hand and let it go?

[Nate74]

How are you cambering the first round?

Do you use the slide catch or do you pull the slide back by hand and let it go?

I tried it both ways. I also tried variations on pulling the slide back. I'd try to do it gently and then also pretty agressively. Also tried the slide catch. Tried the catch with the pistol level, angled up slightly and angled down slightly. All with very similar results.

To get the round to chamber I'd use a small flat head screwdriver and just live the bullet up slightly and then let it go into the chamber...

[Black Majik]

Field strip the gun.

With the barrel, bushing, spring and guide rod out, slip a round under the extractor. It should hold the round with the extractor tension. Now shake the slide up and down, does the round jiggle. If it doesn't, or barely jiggles, my suspiscion is too much tension on the extractor.

[Nate74]

Field strip the gun.

With the barrel, bushing, spring and guide rod out, slip a round under the extractor. It should hold the round with the extractor tension. Now shake the slide up and down, does the round jiggle. If it doesn't, or barely jiggles, my suspiscion is too much tension on the extractor.

I'll have to wait until I'm home and have it in my hands to try this. I'm having trouble visualizing this though.

[Capt_Communist]

Good advise from Black Majik...

when I got my SA, I also had some issues. I fixed it with a metal file and basically just polished the ramp a little and it worked fine.



Good luck

[Shawn L]

I would just send it back and have them fix it.

[Nate74]

I would just send it back and have them fix it.

If it's 20 minutes in my garage I'm more than willing to tackle it, but yeah; sending it back might be the way I end up going.

Stay tuned for my upcoming "how do you legally ship a firearm" thread.

[Shawn L]

Just call S.A. and they'll send you a prepaid package.

[dfletcher]

What kind of ammo are you using? Hopefully it's 230 FMJ - I realize the gun should probably work with a variety of ammo but for the first 200 or so rounds I'd go with what is most likely to function best.

Regarding how you let the slide go for the first round, I'll admit to my 40 year or so habit just thumbing down the slide stop but being told pulling the slide to the rear is the way it should be done.

[Mute]

Try what Black Majik suggested first. Also sounds like too much extractor tension. That's a five minute fix, it that is indeed the problem.

[Martin_B]

Were you using hollow points or flat nose? My SA loaded has digested anything I put in it from it's first round; however, my dad's SA loaded match has issues with some hollow points and flat noses. I'd say put 500 rounds through it before doing anything; the 1911 actually has a break in period from what I've noticed. If that doesn't do the trick, send it back to SA for them to fix it.

[Crazed_SS]

Send it in. No sense in wasting time and money on something youve already paid hundreds of dollars for and should be working anyway. One of my M1As had a problem extracting when I first got it. I spent one box of ammo trying to troubleshoot it, then promptly sent it back to SA. Turn around was two weeks and the gun has been flawless ever since. Ammo is expensive. Id rather SA burn through their stash to get the gun running right.

Im sure the SA lifetime warranty factors into the price of their guns.. might as well use it.

[Nate74]

Thanks all for your thoughts and advice!

I was using 230gr ball. Dirty range reloads, but 230 nonetheless. Hollow Points would have been worse I fear.

I'll do the test Black Majik suggested but am planning on calling SA in the morning one way or the other.

[Notblake]

I know it's new, I know you don't want to wait for warranty repair, none the less my vote is to send it in, let SA take care of you, they are very good about it.