Springfield Armory 1911 Loaded in .45 acp

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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.
 
That wasn't the only ammo I put thru it. I also had some winchester. But the thing is I don't see how in any way would ammo cause the slide to completely seize up on the frame. Yeah ftf fte could be ammo. But manually cycling the ammo it cycled from mag to chamber to ejection perfectly fine.
 
Are you certain you put everything back together correctly?

There is little need to fully detail strip a gun on a regular basis. A basic field strip and cleaning is all that you need the majority of the time.
 
I hate to say it, but I think you should send it back to Springfield. That's a fairly expensive gun. Don't be satisfied with anything less than pefect operation.
 
The malfunctions were before I detail stripped it. After I detail stripped it that's when I manually cycled it a few hundred times and the action smoothed out.
 
could be ammo, could be internal...Id send it to SA to make sure, i had a loaded model and loved it, no issue..but it sounds like weak ammo
 
I'd return it to SA if you are having any more issues. Sounds like the quality dude was on a potty break when your weapon went through the line.
 
Yeah the really upsettin part is that mine is stamped with geneseo IL on it. Lol. Not imbel brazil. I was so excited to have a usa version. But alas the potty break screwed me.
 
Sorry for your troubles.

My Loaded will eat anything I stick in it, including ammo that I have seen other guns fail to cycle properly.
 
Just try better ammo than that Russian crap, and report back with the results.

I own several 1911's and I would never feed them steel cased ammo. You will be chewing though extractors like they were going out of style if you keep that up.
 
As I previously stated. I also had about 20 rounds of winchester ball ammo through it and not one of them cycled correctly as well. Its like the slide just kept getting hung up at about 2/3 full retraction, leaving the hammer at only half cock and the spent case still in the chamber. After one mag of tul ammo I switched to the winchester and it did the same up until the slide completely locked up on the frame. Whichis when I detail stripped the weapon and manually cycled it with alot of oil until it loosened up, also I deburred the riding surface of the disconnect since it was butted from the serial etching, but I wont have a chance to go shooting for another week or so. :/ but I will definately report back with info on all the ammo and if the malfunction continues. If it does then back to SA it goes. :'(
 
If it were me, if it doesn't run all ammo then it runs none! When the s@#t hits the fan will you be sitting there with plus P at you're disposal or what you can get your hands on? Send it back!
 
Send it back, I've had 4 Springfield Loadeds and never had a problem with any of them.
 
It's unfortunate that your first experience with the SA is a rare bad one. But as you've found out already, their customer service is very responsive. I have two SA loadeds and have had no problems with either eating any brand of ammo. Neither have they had any operational problems. I did have a problem with rear sight drift on one of them but SA took care of it lickity split and at their expense both ways. Every manufacturer can let a bad one slip out. Don't be discouraged or turned off about SA products. Just contact the company, describe the problem to them and let them make it right.
 
Well I have great news. My deburring and manual breaking in did the trick. I got a chance to unload a few magazines yesterday and not a single problem. Even with crappy ammo. Go Springfield. :) thanks for the responses guys.
 
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