Dorrin79
Member
ok, so the wife and I were shooting yesterday.
she was going through minimags in my MKII like popcorn, I was blasting away with the new 1911.
And it jams...
arrgh...
it did it three times, all with the same mag.
The jam was a failure to feed, with the bullet (a 230gr fmj) nosediving into the feed ramp and flipping up into the ejection port, which then kept it from returning to battery.
the third time it happened I was barely able to get it cleared.
so, irritated, I switched over to the 7rd mag that came with the gun. 35 more rounds with no jams.
Later, I took a good look at the problem mag (a Chip McCormick 8rd Shooting Star)
it seems like the follower is messed up - it slides back and forth with almost no resistance, as much as 1/2 inch.
Is it supposed to do that? My 7rd factory mag doesn't.
Thanks,
she was going through minimags in my MKII like popcorn, I was blasting away with the new 1911.
And it jams...
arrgh...
it did it three times, all with the same mag.
The jam was a failure to feed, with the bullet (a 230gr fmj) nosediving into the feed ramp and flipping up into the ejection port, which then kept it from returning to battery.
the third time it happened I was barely able to get it cleared.
so, irritated, I switched over to the 7rd mag that came with the gun. 35 more rounds with no jams.
Later, I took a good look at the problem mag (a Chip McCormick 8rd Shooting Star)
it seems like the follower is messed up - it slides back and forth with almost no resistance, as much as 1/2 inch.
Is it supposed to do that? My 7rd factory mag doesn't.
Thanks,