I posted this problem on another forum and it's had 38 views but no suggestions. Maybe no one knows. At any rate, I did not have fun at the range this morning. I took my two favorite buds out for a run(XSE Commander and SW1911SC) to try different mags and loads and got several malfunctions with both. I got so disgusted I left early and didn't even finish the 200 rounds I'd brought with me.
The first problem was with the Commander. I had read of how the 7 round GI mag from CM was so highly lauded that I bought two. I loaded them up last night and tried them first thing at the range. The first seven went ok but the second time I got a nose straight up on the next to last round. Thinking it was just a fluke, I loaded another mag with five rounds, no problem. The next time I got the same jam again-straight up. I abandoned those two magazine in favor of the CM with hybrid lips and no further problem. This was with 230 gr hardball. I still don't know why the GI mag would have caused such a jam as it was more or less "made" for hardball.
Next up for malfunctions was the SW1911SC I had two early lock backs in five magazines using either GDHP's or Federal 230 gr HST. I don't think it was ammo related as it happened with the same mag-a Tripp Cobra. I don't now if that's the cause or whether it's the new EGW slide stop I put in a week ago. I suspect the slide stop.
Stil the same pistol, I had yet another problem, a double feed, sort of. With the next to last round using GD's and the CM hybrid mag, a jam occurred and looked like the last pic shown. There was one round left in the magazine and the nose was right against the feed ramp of the frame with the bullet on top just sitting there. It wasn't under mag spring pressure or even in the beginning of the throat. It was just laying on top the round in the magazine and in fact, I turned it upside down and the round just fell on the table.
It still blows me away that none of the 50 200 gr SWC's I shot with both guns using three different mags didn't cause nary a problem-only with hardball and hollow points. I don't know where to put the blame. The CM with hybrid lips did great with the Commander and didn't cause any jams with hollow points from the GD's or the HST ammo. The one problem the Commander had was with hardball and the GI mag.
This was the jam with the Commander using a CM with GI lips.
This is the jam with the SW1911SC.
This was not a good day. Aggravated I just came on home. Could an analysis of the photos and my description give you a hint as to where/what to do here?
The first problem was with the Commander. I had read of how the 7 round GI mag from CM was so highly lauded that I bought two. I loaded them up last night and tried them first thing at the range. The first seven went ok but the second time I got a nose straight up on the next to last round. Thinking it was just a fluke, I loaded another mag with five rounds, no problem. The next time I got the same jam again-straight up. I abandoned those two magazine in favor of the CM with hybrid lips and no further problem. This was with 230 gr hardball. I still don't know why the GI mag would have caused such a jam as it was more or less "made" for hardball.
Next up for malfunctions was the SW1911SC I had two early lock backs in five magazines using either GDHP's or Federal 230 gr HST. I don't think it was ammo related as it happened with the same mag-a Tripp Cobra. I don't now if that's the cause or whether it's the new EGW slide stop I put in a week ago. I suspect the slide stop.
Stil the same pistol, I had yet another problem, a double feed, sort of. With the next to last round using GD's and the CM hybrid mag, a jam occurred and looked like the last pic shown. There was one round left in the magazine and the nose was right against the feed ramp of the frame with the bullet on top just sitting there. It wasn't under mag spring pressure or even in the beginning of the throat. It was just laying on top the round in the magazine and in fact, I turned it upside down and the round just fell on the table.
It still blows me away that none of the 50 200 gr SWC's I shot with both guns using three different mags didn't cause nary a problem-only with hardball and hollow points. I don't know where to put the blame. The CM with hybrid lips did great with the Commander and didn't cause any jams with hollow points from the GD's or the HST ammo. The one problem the Commander had was with hardball and the GI mag.
This was the jam with the Commander using a CM with GI lips.
This is the jam with the SW1911SC.
This was not a good day. Aggravated I just came on home. Could an analysis of the photos and my description give you a hint as to where/what to do here?