How do you get 1911's to feed hollowpoints
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1911Tuner
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Not necessarily. It may be something as simple as a magazine change or just backing off the extractor tension a bit.
As far as the "break-in" thing goes...That may hold true with an extremely tightly-fitted gun...but not with a stock Colt.
It's usually somethin' simple with these issues...and with any feed-related problem...the magazine is the first suspect. As to that...I wish I had a dime for every one that I've "fixed" by simply handing the owner a few good magazines and watchin' the pistol run like the Energizer Rabbit.
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robertbank
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IMHO the integrated feed ramp that Para developed solved this problem. I have had two of them and both guns have fed every conceivable nose configuration of bullet designed to be shot in the 1911, including some that were not. Had JMB had modern CNC equipment to work with this is one thing I am certain he would designed into the package.
That said my $325 Norincos with the traditional feed ramp set up has reacted the same way with all nose types as well with 7, 8 and 10 rd mags from STI, Norinco, McCormick, Colt, Metalform & Para. The pistols come with throated feed ramps.
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That said my $325 Norincos with the traditional feed ramp set up has reacted the same way with all nose types as well with 7, 8 and 10 rd mags from STI, Norinco, McCormick, Colt, Metalform & Para. The pistols come with throated feed ramps.
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Bob
1911Tuner
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There never was a problem to solve, other than failing to adhere to the correct specs.
robertbank
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"There never was a problem to solve, other than failing to adhere to the correct specs."
Which clearly most don't, including Colt. To the gun was never designed to shoot HP bullets and some would argue only for the RN bullet. Simple throating of the ramp of the barrel solves most o fthese issues but then you are at variance to the original design.
Para at least sticks to the original drawings save and except the ramped barrel and now the PXT extractor. No doubt the 1911 design is a watershed design but it certainly represented the knowledge of the day. Browning/Sauve went with the ramped barrel, and linkless barrel set up with the Hi-Power and both are not the rigour in most pistols made today. Not sure why nobdy hasn't produced a 1911 with the linkless set up. One less part to break. Do you know if there is a technical issue involved?
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Bob
Which clearly most don't, including Colt. To the gun was never designed to shoot HP bullets and some would argue only for the RN bullet. Simple throating of the ramp of the barrel solves most o fthese issues but then you are at variance to the original design.
Para at least sticks to the original drawings save and except the ramped barrel and now the PXT extractor. No doubt the 1911 design is a watershed design but it certainly represented the knowledge of the day. Browning/Sauve went with the ramped barrel, and linkless barrel set up with the Hi-Power and both are not the rigour in most pistols made today. Not sure why nobdy hasn't produced a 1911 with the linkless set up. One less part to break. Do you know if there is a technical issue involved?
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Bob
steelyblue
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I've never had a Kimber fail to feed a hp round! It may happen, but it never has for me.
Man, I almost hate to keep this thread going!! Let me ask some of you this: I had a 1911 that would feed anything, but on close inspection of the round that I chambered I could see that the bullet was pushed back slightly into the case. Not much, but when you lined it up next to an unchambered round you could see a slight difference. The more you chambered the same round the more the bullet was pushed back into the case. It was factory Speer Gold Dot HP and a few other HP's in case you're wondering. Ball ammo was unaltered by chambering. So................what's up with that????
MICHAEL T
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I buy Colts Have never had a feeding problem., My new Agent got 2 mags of ball then. It went on a diet of Remington HP, Winchester HP, and Federal HP , was fired all of one brand and mix and match. I finished off with Corbon DPX 185+P . Just like the Defender before it The Officer acp and My Commanders Runs perfect.
1911Tuner
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Not in my experience. Only occasionally do I run into a Colt...old or new...with feed issues that can't be resolved by using a proper magazine design. My early 1991A1 and my NRM Government Model feed hollowpoints and HG #68 SWCs as smoothly and as surely as they feed hardball...even from WW1 and WW2 USGI magazines. Always have.
A little more frequently, I'll hit a snag with a recent Springfield in the feed ramp geometry...but none of the older ones. Same for Kimber.
I've noted the most problems with integral ramped barrels in .45 caliber pistols. Most notably the Springfield Micro Compact.
TimboKhan
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I owned a Springfield Micro Compact and I had a 100% failure rate with HP in that gun. FMJ was great, but HP was just not good. Because of that, and a couple of other issues, the Springfield Micro Compact has the record for the gun I have owned the least amount of time.
1911Tuner
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At least you had ball. I've had three on the bench so far that would hang up on it randomly. They might go 150 rounds without a burp...and then wouldn't get through a magazine without a stoppage for the next 50 ro so...then start to work again. Those are the most frustrating misfeeds to work out.
spiroxlii
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Sorry... I realized AFTER I posted that I was reviving a very very old thread. I started a new one instead.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=4767186
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=4767186
crankshop1000
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Maybe I'm nuts...BUT, I use a bit of Carnuba wax on the feed ramp and chamber area and it seems to enhance the feed on a polished or stock ramp.
That is caused by the front of the JHP catching on something but it shouldn't happen because the bullet should be too tight in the cartridge to allow it to happen. It takes a pretty good pounding to move a properly seated bullet in a properly sized case. It is a bad thing because reducing the space in the cartridge will increase the pressure. Luckily .45's have a lot of extra powder space, which is how they were able to shorten them for the .45 GAP design. If this happened with a 9mm +P however, I'd be much more concerned.
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