A little help please

[Jake]

After recently finding this web site I resurected a Colt 1911 that I purchased in 1989, shot a few times then locked it up for the past 18 years. I replaced a few parts i.e. barrel bushing, trigger, safety, sights and all new stock springs. The gun shoots great with no malfunctions of any kind using a 200 gr. lswc on top of 5.1 grs of w231. The only thing that I would like to correct is the casings all eject horizontally to about the 1 o'clock position about 5' away. What can I do so that the casings will eject more to the 3 o'clock position. Any comments will be appreciated.

Jake <><

[CreapyCrawler]

I'm not sure about changing the direction assuming the load remains the same usually changing the recoil spring strength will change the way the spent case ejects. Up and back is the most common way for auto to eject, my Taurus PT1911 ejects about 4:00 and back about 6' with stock springs.

[robot1911]

An extended ejector might do it, or drop down a pound on the recoil spring. What mainspring weight are you using?

Bob

[John]

Show me a picture of your ejector.

[pdoppenheim]

If the gun runs well, leave it alone. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[Jake]

Hi Guys
All my springs are stock, 16 lb recoil spring and 23 lb main spring. The ejector is stock that came with the gun and I can't see any burrs, bends or deformaties on it.

[John]

I never suggest altering the recoil spring unless the ammo you are using is less powerful than the standard 230 gr ball ammo.

An extended ejector can help with your ejection angle. Have a look here.

http://www.blindhogg.com/gunsmith/ejector.html

[Hersh]

I may be "cold-trailing" here, but what do the ejected cases look like? Any dings on the sides?

[Jake]

Hi Hersh
The cases show no signs of any dings or dents, they look like they just came out of the sizing die.

Jake <><

[Joni Lynn]

I could be mistaken but I was thinking that the angle of ejection could be altered by altering where on the ejector the case hits it. (high, low, or a somewhat extended ejector.

[gottripletsNC]

If the gun runs well, leave it alone. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I believe that I would agree here. If it works leave it be. A little monkeying around may be your worst enemy if all you wanna do is finesse the eject angle...

[Hersh]

Ok Jake ... sounds good.

[jn316]

Joni is right ! Here check out this article called Ejection Perfection.
http://www.brazoscustom.com/magart/ejection%20perfection.htm
Sal

[John]

Lynnie, you are correct. However, with a standard Government ejector there is not much room for adjusting the angles. An extended ejector is much easier (and has more metal to file away).

[Jake]

Thanks for all the input guys and girls. What I'm going to do is first try increasing the load by .5 grs and see if that helps, I'm also going to try a lighter recoil spring to see if that will help with my existing loads and if all fails I'll get into the ejector. Again, thanks for the help.

Jake <><