"Ejection Perfection" or "Fear no File"


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July 3, 2005, 11:03 PM
Some time ago, I posted about my Commander beating up the brass as it ejected it. Well, I'm happy to report that I have successfully apprenticed the "dark art" of 1911 ejection. The original condition was that the brass was ejecting at 3 o'clock, hitting the bottom of the already lowered and flared slide. I pursued the extractor tuning with two different extractors (factory Colt and Wilson). I modified the factory piece as instructed (and kept going....frankly surprised it still works perfectly!). The gun holds an extractor very well (no fore-aft or clocking). After getting nowhere with the factory extractor, I switched it out for a Wilson "bulletproof". Nice part, that wilson. I tuned it in but it, too, didn't get the pattern any closer to the fabled 2 o'clock arc. I realize that the brass wasn't unuseable, but, by golly, this is an "enhanced" Colt and all, and to me "it just ain't right" leaving it like that. (Of course, I usually can't leave "well enough" alone :D ) I have learned alot since getting into these gems and had a ball with it, really! I should have got into them years ago(but I digress). So far, the gun hasn't failed to feed, fire or eject since I've had it (which surprised some of the guys I shoot with who told me I would ruin the gun). Just lately I ran across an article on Brazos Custom titled "Ejection Perfection" from '03. http://www.brazoscustom.com/magart/ejection%20perfection.htm
Well, the gun is ejecting beautifully after several licks of the file across the ejector. The brass comes out nearly at 2 o'clock in a nice, consistent arc with the brass landing, unbeaten, in a pile about four feet to my right-rear. Man, thats cool! I LOVE this stuff :D . Next on the hit parade is a long-slide! Wish me luck!
Josh

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