Recent content by Walrus Waffle

Well after following your advice, it turned out to be an extractor problem. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll take the firearm to someone that knows more what he's doing and get it fixed. Thanks again!

Thanks for the replies. Sometimes it is a failure to feed, sometimes it is a failure to go to battery. If I'm lucky it will enter the chamber, otherwise it will just sit in the magazine and hold the slide back. The magazine I am using is the default Army issued. Extractor channel is clean and...

I have an issue regarding whether my 1911 has a feeding problem because of the ammo being hollow point, or the "creased" (best way I can find to describe it) casing on the ammo. The weapon is a US Army M1911A1 manufactured 1944. I currently have loaded some 185gr winchester silvertips. The...