So I shot my Colt WWI repro for the first time yesterday. I shot 28 rounds, four mags, without a hitch. I was very happy with the accuracy that I was getting on an empty water jug at 15 yards and the pistol felt very natural in my hands, more so than my Springfield Armory 1911-A1.
I have decided that I want to start reloading. Before I buy the cheap single stage kit I am going to shoot up all the factory ammo (except for maybe one box) that I have left for my .45s. So I collected the brass after the short test fire of my new 1911.
I was shooting outdoors and lost most of the empty shell casings to tall grass. I only was able to recover 8.
Out of the 8 that I did recover I examined the brass and found the characteristic dent that a standard 1911 ejection port puts on them, no suprise. I also noticed some hard ejector strikes on all the cases, hard enough to make a mark, not sure if this is normal but when I think about how fast that little case impacts the stationary ejector it makes sense. I also noticed a little spot on the rim where the extractor was marring the casing, this also seemed normal after some thought on how the casing is flung off the edge of the extractor's hook.
The only thing I couldn't make any sense of was on 2 of the 8 recovered cases there was a deep dent in the middle of the case, like someone stabbed it with a small screwdriver. It looks close but neither of the two dents on the case wall penetrated.
This was brand new factory winchester ammo shot from a brand new handgun and I've never seen dents like that on casings shot from 1911s. If it were just one I would dismiss it as something that might've happened before firing, but it was two of them.
Any Ideas? Is this something I should worry about? I'll try to get a picture later.
I have decided that I want to start reloading. Before I buy the cheap single stage kit I am going to shoot up all the factory ammo (except for maybe one box) that I have left for my .45s. So I collected the brass after the short test fire of my new 1911.
I was shooting outdoors and lost most of the empty shell casings to tall grass. I only was able to recover 8.
Out of the 8 that I did recover I examined the brass and found the characteristic dent that a standard 1911 ejection port puts on them, no suprise. I also noticed some hard ejector strikes on all the cases, hard enough to make a mark, not sure if this is normal but when I think about how fast that little case impacts the stationary ejector it makes sense. I also noticed a little spot on the rim where the extractor was marring the casing, this also seemed normal after some thought on how the casing is flung off the edge of the extractor's hook.
The only thing I couldn't make any sense of was on 2 of the 8 recovered cases there was a deep dent in the middle of the case, like someone stabbed it with a small screwdriver. It looks close but neither of the two dents on the case wall penetrated.
This was brand new factory winchester ammo shot from a brand new handgun and I've never seen dents like that on casings shot from 1911s. If it were just one I would dismiss it as something that might've happened before firing, but it was two of them.
Any Ideas? Is this something I should worry about? I'll try to get a picture later.
Sounds like something to have looked into. After all, these are my favorite pistols! I have to take care of them now that I know something is up, even if it is trivial. The other thing that I have notes is a tendency for the ejecting cartridges to smack-me-up-aside-the-head when they eject. I always have to wear a cap when I shoot them...especially the series 70. I will try to remember to follow up with what I learn.
