GuitarsAndGuns
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I have been wanting the OD Springfield GI for a while and I finally got one as a five year anniversary gift from my wife. Took it to the range today and had a number of failure to feeds. I cleaned and re-lubed it beforehand. I put about 200 rounds through it, a mix of Remington UMC FMJ and JHP, Winchester White Box FMJ, and Fiocchi Shooting Dynamics JHP. Magazines used were the stock 7 rd Springfield, Chip McCormick Shooting Star 8 rd, and a Colt 8 rd. The Springfield had a problem every time, the other two fed better but still had FTF's. The feed ramp had a lot of copper fouling, including the visible small copper shavings that were loose in the mag well and by the hammer. It did get a little better the more I shot it though. Several FTF's occurred when racking a fresh magazine. It occurred with all of the ammo equally. Now I am assuming the feed ramp needs polished. I have no problem doing some polishing by hand (cloth and polish), but I'm not about to take a Dremel and a buffing bit to it. I am wondering if I should send it in to Springfield and have them fix it, my local store will take care of it since my wife paid them an extra $19 for their warranty as well. I am including some pictures so you guys can take a look.
Here is the feed ramp, not a very good pic at all but there is a lot of copper fouling and in person there are obvious marks where the bullet was being battered on the ramp. Again, this pic doesn't show it very well but it's the best one I could get.
Here is a pic of the barrel. There is a tiny ding in it at the bottom left, it is visible in the pic. I am unsure if this occurred today or if it was there already and could be causing part of the issue. It is not a burr, but a tiny ding, look at around the 7 o'clock position.
And my last pic is of the barrel on my Colt XSE. It has a small ramp indention in the bottom, or actually the top as I am holding the barrel upside down in the pic. The Springfield barrel does not have this feature. Does this make a significant difference in feeding? If so I may just replace the barrel in the Springfield in the near future. As a side note the Colt has never had a single issue and has about 1200 rds through it so far.
Anyway, sorry for the long winded post, just trying to be thorough. I hope this post makes sense, I am still basically a beginning shooter. I will probably take it to the store on Monday, but I would really appreciate the advice of the experienced 1911 guys here. Thanks!
Here is the feed ramp, not a very good pic at all but there is a lot of copper fouling and in person there are obvious marks where the bullet was being battered on the ramp. Again, this pic doesn't show it very well but it's the best one I could get.
Here is a pic of the barrel. There is a tiny ding in it at the bottom left, it is visible in the pic. I am unsure if this occurred today or if it was there already and could be causing part of the issue. It is not a burr, but a tiny ding, look at around the 7 o'clock position.
And my last pic is of the barrel on my Colt XSE. It has a small ramp indention in the bottom, or actually the top as I am holding the barrel upside down in the pic. The Springfield barrel does not have this feature. Does this make a significant difference in feeding? If so I may just replace the barrel in the Springfield in the near future. As a side note the Colt has never had a single issue and has about 1200 rds through it so far.
Anyway, sorry for the long winded post, just trying to be thorough. I hope this post makes sense, I am still basically a beginning shooter. I will probably take it to the store on Monday, but I would really appreciate the advice of the experienced 1911 guys here. Thanks!