Unbound1990
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Hello all, I just had my 21st birthday yesterday. Guess what I did, went out and bought a 45. SA loaded 1911 in stainless steel. Gorgeous. Took it home, detail stripped it, cleaned and oiled it. Then went to go unload a few magazines of crappy ol tul ammo (what I had). Well I loaded her up. Racked the slide, took aim, and bang. I felt the power. Only one problem. I noticed no spent shell ejected, or the hammer cocked for a second round. I ejected the mag, racked the slide...the case came out and it returned to battery.. ok..not a great start. Loaded the mag and racked another round. Bang. No case and no slide retraction. The hammer would only get sent back to half cock and no case would eject. Same thing for 30 rounds. In between I detail stripped and oiled about 4 times. Hoping it was a lack of oil or a break in needed to 'mate'. Last shot fired, the slide completely seized up. Many curse words flew throuh the air. I took my firearm home completely stripped her down. I saw where the disconnector was rubbing the slide alot and saw the serial etched on the inside of the slide thinking it was that, so I deburred it(didn't remove the number) and oiled them profusely and manually cycled the slide for about two hours and it is smooth now, although I haven't been able to shoot t again yet. I do not believe it was the etched serial, but is there anything else? The hammer is EXTREMELY stiff to cock with a single thumb. Would have prevent the slide from fully retracting? But that still doesn't explain the slide seizing up. I literally had to FORCE it closed. And FORCE it to the takedown notch to detail strip. I love the gun, but hopefully I worked the kink out of it. Would just rem oil on the slide and frame not be enough to let the action slide smoothly, or sure I use grease?
But I do have a good review for SA customer service. My guide rod had a deformation in the hole where the alan wrench goes, I noticed this in my first strip. Called them and within 15 mins I had a new guiderod in the mail free of charge. This was before I shot it though. Id rather not have to send it in but I know they'd take care of me.
Any input welcome. I just had to share my first personal 1911 experice, no matter how disappointing it was lol.
But I do have a good review for SA customer service. My guide rod had a deformation in the hole where the alan wrench goes, I noticed this in my first strip. Called them and within 15 mins I had a new guiderod in the mail free of charge. This was before I shot it though. Id rather not have to send it in but I know they'd take care of me.
Any input welcome. I just had to share my first personal 1911 experice, no matter how disappointing it was lol.