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31st July 2011, 20:55

dep2386

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Commander Ejector Problems

I recently purchased a blued American Classic Commander. I never liked the hammer that came on the pistol. I ordered a Nowlin hammer, sear, sear spring, disconnector, hammer mainspring, and firing pin spring.

I had a local gunsmith fit all of these parts. I took it to the range today. Very accurate, feed hollowpoint and ball ammo. About every fifth or sixth round would eject just over my head or hit me in the face or forehead. I thought this was just a break in problem.

When I got home, I cleaned the pistol. I found that therear of the ejector was loose. It had a lot of play up and down and side. I could slide a business card between the rear of the ejector and the frame.

I took the pistol to a friend of mine who does some gunsmithing. He told me that he had never seen an ejector with only one pin holding the ejector to the frame. Is this the way Metro arms secures their ejectors or is my pistol one that got past quality control. any info would be greatly appreciated.

31st July 2011, 21:01

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A 1911's ejector is retained by a cross pin that intersects the front leg of the ejector. The rear leg is not retained. If the cross pin is lost, broken, or in some fashion comes loose, the ejector would be free to move. I've had an ejector with a broken rear leg, which was then free to move about as you describe. The cure was replacing the ejector with one whose rear leg was intact :-).

Some manfacturers glue their ejectors into place. I do not know what method your pistol's manufacturer uses. However, if there is a cross pin, you can see the ends of it in the receiver rail recess on each side.

In case I failed to make myself clear, the ejector is retained by one cross pin intersecting the front of the ejector's two legs. If your ejector has but one leg, the front one, then the ejector's rear leg is broken off as was mine so many years ago.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dep2386

I took the pistol to a friend of mine who does some gunsmithing. He told me that he had never seen an ejector with only one pin holding the ejector to the frame. Is this the way Metro arms secures their ejectors or is my pistol one that got past quality control. any info would be greatly appreciated.

Are you saying your ejector only has one leg?

Walt is correct. The original design calls for the forward leg to be pinned to the frame by a very small (1/16") cross pin. Today, some manufacturers skip the pin entirely and use red Loctite.

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31st July 2011, 22:21

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Thanks for the quick replies. I know just enough about 1911 maintaince to be dangerous. My wife will be dropping off my pistol with the regular gun smith I use. I will let you know what happens.

23rd August 2011, 01:53

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Has the smith fixed it yet?

23rd August 2011, 08:03

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He replaced the ejector with an Ed Brown ejector. The ejection is still very inconsistent in a 8 round maazine at least one will go over my head and one will go forward.

I am selling this pistol and replacing it with Desert Eagle 1911c

23rd August 2011, 18:46

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Sounds like the extractor is clocking (rotating slightly within its tunnel). This is common among 1911's and can be corrected with a properly fitted firing pin stop.

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23rd August 2011, 20:37

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Originally Posted by stans

Sounds like the extractor is clocking (rotating slightly within its tunnel). This is common among 1911's and can be corrected with a properly fitted firing pin stop.

Sounds like a job for the EGW oversize firing pin stop!

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25th August 2011, 21:19

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Thanks for the info. I really appreciate the quick replys.

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