GI problem

[Todd75]

I'm new to the 1911 world, and this site, as I just purchased a SA G.I. I've shot about 150 rounds through it, and I've had a couple instances where the slide didn't fully return to battery. I've browsed the threads about limpwristing, but wanted to know what else might cause this ? I was using Remington UMC 230gr FMJ's. I also noticed the trajectory of a few casings coming up and back, and also the casings having a flattened end. Extractor problems ? I'm aware of the use of MIM parts on some SA's. I didn't know if this was something that I should think about replacing.

Thanks.

[Hawkmoon]

150 rounds isn't a lot. I know my personal hang-up is that a pistol should be 100% reliable out of the box, but they usually aren't.

When firing those 150 rounds, and especially around the time you had the failures to return to battery, was the pistol dry or well lubed?

[John]

As 1911tuner says, limp-wristing is not such a real factor of problems, as most gunsmiths would want you to believe. And I've verified that, several times.

As Hawkmoon said, your gun is too new, let it work itself for a few more shots and then you start getting critical about it. They have the good habit of ironing out their inconsistencies, all by themselves (most of the times). :)

[stans]

The erratic ejection could be the extractor, the ejector or a combination of both.

The fail to feed might be magazine related, could be a bur or sharp edge on the extractor, could be a sharp edge where the chamber meets the barrel feedramp.

These are the most common causes of these two problems

[1911Tuner]

A few months back, another NC-based member of this here fine forum had a similar RTB problem with his GI clone. He brought the pistol to me for a tweak, and everything was okay excpet that it was a little tight in the slide to frame fit, and was a bit "draggy". I applied a little slurry in the rails and worked it for about a hundred cycles until it was smoooooth. He reports that the failures ceased, and as far as I know all is still working well.

Dunno if the same will solve Todd's problme, but it's worth a try. Use a generous amount of a good teflon-based oil...CLP Breakfree, FP-10, or even mil-spec LSA in the rails and a lot of elbow grease. It won't be as fast as the slurry, but it will eventually smooth things up nicely.