New to 1911 question

[haslethandgunner]

I have a new (since christmas) taurus 1911 and she initially had a bad extractor, but I took her to the range and put 100 rounds through her with no problems. I start to clean it and noticed some fine brass metal shavings on the top-left part of each of the two magazines I used. is that normal?

 

[drbeans]

Did you get a chance to look at the brass? It could be the extractor is not tuned correctly and is shaving a little off when chambering a round.

 

[Skylerbone]

Take a look at the magazine feed lips and feel how sharp they are. Check your brass for lengthwise scratches. Lightly sand the inner edge of the lips if they are sharp.

 

[mister2]

+1 Not unusual for new mags.

 

[haslethandgunner]

Thanks guys for the tips. I'll pay more attention to the brass next range visit.

 

[dacavasi]

IMHO, Taurus engineers a decent gun for the money, and I own a few. But, one thing that always bothers me is that they don't seem to spend a whole lot of time engineering a decent mag...

 

[Z-Michigan]

Do yourself a favor and get yourself some new Metalform-manufacture mags. OEM for Colt and many others. $9-10 each at CDNN:

http://www.cdnninvestments.com/colt.html

If you want to spend more, Chip McCormick's PowerMag is great. But the Metalform mags should work just fine, and cost 1/3 as much.