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Thread: Manually cycling versus real firing (FTB)

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    Manually cycling versus real firing (FTB)

    After I clean my Firestorm, re-assemble it, and run it through function tests, I wanna verify that it'll eat steel cased ammo reliably - during live fire, I previously had problems with steel cased ammo and the gun not going fully into battery - if I cycle the action manually using several magazines loaded with steel cased ammo, sling-shoting the slide when I release it, if I don't see any FTB issues cycling it manually, am I good to go?

    Specific to testing for FTB problems, what are the differences between manually cycling the gun and live fire (which I can't do at my house)?

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    Well, there is a difference. The 1911 cycles by the cartridge firing in the chamber, and exerting a forward thrust on the barrel, and a rearward thrust against the breech face. When the bullet exits, the slide continues on its own by the momentum imparted by the event. That's pretty hard to do by hand cycling. Shoot when you can, and note how and what.

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    Your best course of action is to try to cure the gun's failure to return to battery (FTRB) problem. This fairly complete guide will help you provide the information needed: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...DzaEMvECs/edit There's no reason for a good 1911 to choke on good steel cased ammunition if it runs OK with brass cased ammunition.

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