SA 1911 FULL SIZE EJECTION PROBLEM

[AWARCORP]

[t0kie]

Check the extractor, could be the culprit (may be broken or improperly tuned).

[AWARCORP]

how does one tune an extractor? thanks

[hornswaggled]

Remove the slide from the pistol. Try pushing a snap cap or empty case under the extractor hook along the breech face where it would sit when ready to fire. If the extractor holds the rim of the cartridge nice and steady, the extractor is probably fine.

[t0kie]

how does one tune an extractor? thanks

I think that's something that a gunsmith is really needed. (I won't do it myself)

[AWARCORP]

This is good advice guys. I will try it first thing tomorrow and report back, thank you Hornswaggled and t0kie, much appreciated.

[jeffrice6]

Its SA, send her home!

[modls7]

Are you saying the empty casing stays in the chamber (never even briefly leaves) and the slide then returns to battery this way?

Your recoil spring is probably fine.

[AWARCORP]

- The slide is closed in full battery
- Put a magazine in
- Pull the slide back to chamber the round
- Pull trigger, gun fires, slide does not move back at all so shell does not extract
- Release magazine or the slide wont come back
- Once magazine is out, the slide will roll back and the shell casing comes out

Weird right?

[Arias]

Its SA, send her home!

This ^

SA has a great lifetime warranty. I'd call and take em' up on it

[c3 rolling]

Heres a vid on tuning the extractor, takes 2 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENFoZPF2-FM

[AeroEngi]

Heres a vid on tuning the extractor, takes 2 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENFoZPF2-FM

It doesn't sound like an extractor issue. He's saying that the slide doesn't even move back after taking a shot. The only way he can cycle the slide is if he removes the magazine. Kinda weird actually, I've never heard of it.

[walmart_ar15]

- The slide is closed in full battery
- Put a magazine in
- Pull the slide back to chamber the round
- Pull trigger, gun fires, slide does not move back at all so shell does not extract
- Release magazine or the slide wont come back
- Once magazine is out, the slide will roll back and the shell casing comes out

Weird right?

roll back? On its own?

Does it happen when firing the last shot in the mag? Or after the last shot, the slide cycles and slide locks back?

Likely issue is around the magazine. If last shot cycles normally, then it may be because the next round is jammed against the slide/empty case thus preventing proper cycle. Is the mag for some reason sitting higher now in the frame then before?

[himurax13]

Well it doesn't sound like the recoil spring is the culprit if you have not replaced it recently.

How do you know it is not the ammo?

Do you have a picture of the magazine fully loaded? The feed lips could be bent or cracked. I break 1911 magazines all of the time.

Are you sure you installed the slide stop through the barrel link the last time you cleaned it?

[redcliff]

Some problems are almost impossible to diagnose by descripton. This seems like one of them.

Field strip the pistol and give everything a good visual inspection. Check the recoil spring guide rod for straightness; recoil springs should be changed every 2-2.5k rounds depending upon 1911 variant and failure to do so can cause guide rod damage. Check that your ejector isn't loose; you probably have a loctited ejector with no pin to retain it; they occasionaly come loose. Check your magazines for cracks and spread feed lips.

And say good-bye to your pistol for a while since I see a trip to Springfield Armory in its future.