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United States  Old 22nd February 2008, 20:36
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Is a stock Colt Officer .45 unreliable?
I recently read that the Officer must be modified before it is a reliable carry weapon. This is news to me. Thus far my Officer has been quite reliable. Any truth to it and, if so, what modifications?
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Mine was also reliable when stock. I did put in an Ed Brown FLGR and reverse plug. None of the OEM parts failed, I just replaced them.
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No problems with mine yet(4K+).
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I had one years ago. Debugged for years. Best I could do was about 2-3 mags. before feed failure. Finally gave up and dumped it.
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I have one that has never missed a lick but I have never used anything in it but factory hardball.
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This gave me a chance to call a cousin I haven't talked to in awhile. I sold both mine to him. I didn't have any trouble with either and both had at least 2K rounds through them. He has lots of guns but shoots them every now and again and has not had any problems with them. Mine were 100% with hardball and 230gr Win. HPs. May have shot other stuff in them, but I didn't keep as good of records back then.
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I had one for several years and it never failed me once. I fed it H.Ps, hardball, and lead swc reloads (loaded to full power) and never had a problem. My magazines were Colt and Pachmyer 6 rounders. Never used any 7 rounders in it back then. Now 7 rounders is all my Defender gets and that has never bobbled either. I guess Colt just makes good guns! 44 Man
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Thanks for all the replies. What about problems with the recoil spring plug?

One thing is for sure, this pup does NOT like ejecting an unfired JHP no matter who makes it. It's almost gotten to the point where I'm considering using only FMJ with it. Is this a problem any of you have had? Is there anything that I can do to remedy the situation?

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