Driftwood Johnson
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I don't get over here much, I spend most of my time on the Revolver section.
But I want to pose a question to the experts here and see what advice they have.
I bought this 9mm S&W 1911 Pro back in 2019.
I liked it a lot but I did notice it had a habit of jamming fairly often.
I did not worry about it much until I tried using the pistol in a steel match a couple of years ago. It jammed too much and I had to drop out.
Here are a couple of photos of what it looks like when it jams. A fired case is only about halfway out of the chamber and the slide is trying to stuff a fresh round into the chamber. So the gun jams up.
I did a test the other day, and the pistol jammed twice firing a box of 50 rounds. Not acceptable.
Unlike most 1911s, this one has a the extractor mounted on the side of the slide. Which seems to be the cause of the problem.
I took it to a gunsmith the other day, to see what he could do about the problem. I thought perhaps it needed a stronger extractor spring.
He took it apart and cleaned it. He said there was so much gunk under the extractor claw that he was surprised any empties were being extracted.
I had given him two boxes of ammo to try it out and he reported one jam in 100 rounds after he had given the extractor area a good cleaning.
Anyway, I took the pistol to the range today to give it a torture test. I went through four boxes (200 rounds) of ammo.
At first, everything was fine. Then after maybe 100 rounds or so I had one jam. I kept shooting all 200 rounds and had a few more jams.
So it appears that lots of firing eventually deposits enough crud under the extractor claw that jams start to happen.
In the past I have only field stripped the pistol for cleaning, now I will pay a lot more attention to the extractor.
I have another 9mm 1911, this one made by Springfield Armory, and it is much more reliable, I put a few boxes through it the other day without any jams at all.
Probably because it has a conventional extractor that runs the full length of the slide and is less prone to having fouling build up.
So here is the question: What is the most reliable 9mm 1911 you know of?
The Springfield Armory 1911 I have is good, but it is designed for 9 round magazines. Yes, I can put 10 round magazines in it, but it does not have the extended grip with the mag well that makes it quick to insert magazines.
So what is your favorite 9mm 1911?
I'm thinking I may need to replace the S&W 9mm 1911.
Thanks
I don't get over here much, I spend most of my time on the Revolver section.
But I want to pose a question to the experts here and see what advice they have.
I bought this 9mm S&W 1911 Pro back in 2019.
I liked it a lot but I did notice it had a habit of jamming fairly often.
I did not worry about it much until I tried using the pistol in a steel match a couple of years ago. It jammed too much and I had to drop out.
Here are a couple of photos of what it looks like when it jams. A fired case is only about halfway out of the chamber and the slide is trying to stuff a fresh round into the chamber. So the gun jams up.
I did a test the other day, and the pistol jammed twice firing a box of 50 rounds. Not acceptable.
Unlike most 1911s, this one has a the extractor mounted on the side of the slide. Which seems to be the cause of the problem.
I took it to a gunsmith the other day, to see what he could do about the problem. I thought perhaps it needed a stronger extractor spring.
He took it apart and cleaned it. He said there was so much gunk under the extractor claw that he was surprised any empties were being extracted.
I had given him two boxes of ammo to try it out and he reported one jam in 100 rounds after he had given the extractor area a good cleaning.
Anyway, I took the pistol to the range today to give it a torture test. I went through four boxes (200 rounds) of ammo.
At first, everything was fine. Then after maybe 100 rounds or so I had one jam. I kept shooting all 200 rounds and had a few more jams.
So it appears that lots of firing eventually deposits enough crud under the extractor claw that jams start to happen.
In the past I have only field stripped the pistol for cleaning, now I will pay a lot more attention to the extractor.
I have another 9mm 1911, this one made by Springfield Armory, and it is much more reliable, I put a few boxes through it the other day without any jams at all.
Probably because it has a conventional extractor that runs the full length of the slide and is less prone to having fouling build up.
So here is the question: What is the most reliable 9mm 1911 you know of?
The Springfield Armory 1911 I have is good, but it is designed for 9 round magazines. Yes, I can put 10 round magazines in it, but it does not have the extended grip with the mag well that makes it quick to insert magazines.
So what is your favorite 9mm 1911?
I'm thinking I may need to replace the S&W 9mm 1911.
Thanks