jblackfish
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I have a Baer Premier II in 9mm that I shot for the second time in an IDPA match yesterday. The pistol functions fine and, after shooting .45 caliber for over a year, shooting the 9mm is like taking a vacation at a match.
One thing that's different about this pistol (and it's the only 9mm in 1911 that I own) is that although it extracts/ejects fine but, at the end of a stage for "unload and show clear" when I drop the magazine and pull the slide back to remove the round from the chamber, it pulls the round and always drops it out the bottom through the magazine well.
When I got home I removed the slide assembly and attempted the "extractor round hold" tension test. The extractor has a large gap between it and the breech face - measurement not taken, didn't feel the need - that it couldn't hold a round to do any tension test.
My questions: Is this typical for a 9mm 1911 or do you guys who have 9mm 1911's have the capability to hold a round with the slide assembly removed and do the "normal' tension test? ...or, could this be the way all Baer 9mm 1911's function? Any comments?
One thing that's different about this pistol (and it's the only 9mm in 1911 that I own) is that although it extracts/ejects fine but, at the end of a stage for "unload and show clear" when I drop the magazine and pull the slide back to remove the round from the chamber, it pulls the round and always drops it out the bottom through the magazine well.
When I got home I removed the slide assembly and attempted the "extractor round hold" tension test. The extractor has a large gap between it and the breech face - measurement not taken, didn't feel the need - that it couldn't hold a round to do any tension test.
My questions: Is this typical for a 9mm 1911 or do you guys who have 9mm 1911's have the capability to hold a round with the slide assembly removed and do the "normal' tension test? ...or, could this be the way all Baer 9mm 1911's function? Any comments?