Brand new rock island armory 45 tactical........30 FTF's out of100 **UPDATE**

[mudbass7]

Time to check extractor tension and check your new slide stop for interference.

When i got my RIA 1911 Tactical, I had a few FTFs as well.

Clean an lube your gun, well. I noticed it likes to be pretty wet initially and runs great with less now that i have 1k+ through it.

My first problem was FTFs with the slide not locking back- checked extractor tension and noted it was WAY too tight. Loosened it up a bit and
My second problem was ammo hitting the slide stop on their way up, causing slide to lock back prematurely. got a new slide stop and
All good. over 500 rounds (after fixes) and 3 treatments of frog lube and it's been great. also added a 18lb recoil spring, which is SWEET

Make sure your extractor is tunes right, and make sure your new slide stop isn't getting hit as well.
lube it up!

[JanG]

Lucky !! I changed my slide stop out this afternoon and hit the range......fired 125 rounds.....still got FTF's :-( . But much less frequent, had about maybe 10 which is disappointing. Slide would lock about half way through a mags still

on the premature slide lock, the plunger may not be exerting enough pressure to hold the slide stop during firing. when that happens, check the slide stop and see if its pushed out of the frame just a hair. if so, i've had luck with a spring loaded center punch or a very small drill bit on the face of it.

like this but mine does not look that good or that deep.


here's some handy tips

http://www.americanrifleman.org/GalleryItem.aspx?cid=22&gid=118&id=1024