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    Ejection diagnosis help!

    I bought a new (used) Colt Commander and took it to the range and experienced the following malfunction 3 times in 150 rounds.

    I was using Wilson Magazines.

    The pistol would fire and extract and eject the casing, but the next live round also was ejected (all three times straight back at my head instead of at the angle that the casings were being ejected.

    My inclination is that it is a magazine issue, but I didn't pay attention to whether it was just one magazine (I will next time I go to the range).

    Any help would be appreciated. If you need further information, I will attempt to provide whatever you want!

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    Help's a-Comin'!

    AHA! Another satisfied Wilson 47D owner!

    Wheredahell's Wichaka at? I gotta sharp stick I gotta poke him with.

    Federale...yep. It's a magazine issue. Specifically the spring. Too soft.
    The round in waiting (to be fed) is moving forward under inertia when the slide slaps the frame in recoil. Actually, the round is obeying Newton's dictum
    about things at rest remaining at rest...and the pistol is being jerked out from under it. If the round gets far enough forward, it reaches the magazine's release point. The round coming up from underneath bumps it out the port.
    If it happens on the last round, the result is usually the slide locked back with the round sittin' in the port, stickin' its tongue out atcha.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1911Tuner
    AHA! Another satisfied Wilson 47D owner!

    Wheredahell's Wichaka at? I gotta sharp stick I gotta poke him with.

    Federale...yep. It's a magazine issue. Specifically the spring. Too soft.
    The round in waiting (to be fed) is moving forward under inertia when the slide slaps the frame in recoil. Actually, the round is obeying Newton's dictum
    about things at rest remaining at rest...and the pistol is being jerked out from under it. If the round gets far enough forward, it reaches the magazine's release point. The round coming up from underneath bumps it out the port.
    If it happens on the last round, the result is usually the slide locked back with the round sittin' in the port, stickin' its tongue out atcha.
    That makes sense.

    The magazines are about a year old, I'm considering swapping guts for Tripp internals. What do you think about that?

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    Tripp

    Quote Originally Posted by Federale
    That makes sense.

    The magazines are about a year old, I'm considering swapping guts for Tripp internals. What do you think about that?
    Can't speak from experience on the Tripp guts. Reports are good though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1911Tuner
    I gotta sharp stick I gotta poke him with.
    Ouch Ouch.......ok ok........I get the point!

    Yep, bad springs........get some new ones, that should fix the problem.

    If you change the guts out, I'd like to take the old guts off your hands.
    If it isn't durable, it isn't reliable.

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