Whats going on with my 1911 now?

[megatronrules]

Well I got her back to the range today after getting her back form the smith sunday and she ran fine through 150 rounds.,the problem of the empty brass being left in the chamber is cured. I had a new Ed Brown hardcore extractor installed and the chamber polished. The only malfucntion was when one spent case diddn't get kicked out by the ejector I think was due to me limp wristing the gun I don't think the slide completed its rearward travel due to this. I'am going to take it back to the smith tomorow and have him check to make sure the tention is ok on the extractor. I was just wondering some of you think may be the problem though? I guess its back to the .40 caliber beretta cougar for now. I need a browning hi power again though

 

[Phoenix_III]

Limp wristing is just a whipping boy for a poor operating 1911. You should be able to hold it as weak as possible and have it function. You should post your spring poundage all around, and the condition of the springs (new, worn, round count guess, replacements, etc). Slide not going fully to rear may require a weaker mainspring or weaker recoil spring, or x y z, should not be making recommendations until you figure out why she is misbehaving...

 

[megatronrules]

FWIW phoenix it ran fine up until 2 weeks ago when the extractor hook broke I had a new ed brown extractor put in which solved the previous problems mentioned in my post and now this. the main spring and recoil spring are normal weights and in good condition.

 

[stans]

If the empty case was caught between the barrel and slide as the slide slammed home, it could be weak extractor tension, but it could also be weak ammo.

 

[carebear]

Was it oiled properly prior to firing? If you had too light a coat or used WD-40 or something too light a while ago, after 150 rounds you might just have a little more friction and crud build-up than is optimal. Especially on a really tight gun.

Throw in the above mentioned lightish load and being in the wrong phase of the moon (real world physics ) and you could conceivably have a slow extraction and failure to properly eject.

 

[ExMachina]

If the smith installed the extractor he *should* have tensioned it correctly and test fired the gun.

You only got 1 malf in the first 150 rounds? Give it another 200 and see what happens. In my vast experience of extractor woes , one failure to extract in just 150 could be anything from an extractor problem, to shooter error, to an out of spec case rim, to...oh heck..to the moon being in the wrong phase (thanks carebear ) In short, it wouldn't call it a "problem" just yet.

-ExM

 

[megatronrules]

Thanks EX I did pull the extractor out and give it a little bend I then reinstalled it and after performing an extractor rention test as 1911tuner instructed me (by inserting a mag with a live round in it and letting it chamber that round,then slide the slide back enough to clear the chamber and shake the pistol,the round moves,but dosen't fall out through the mag well) I noticed that it holds the live round alot better. So hopefully all will be ok at the range this weekend I guess it may have just been an underpowered round to even though it was factory ammo. FWIW this gun worked fine through over 400 rounds until it broke the hook off its original extractor So I guess running some more rounds through it won't hurt.