Colt Mod.1911 Commander SS Jam Last Round
This pistol is brand new 2011 and I am getting the 'last round jam' and now that I am looking around - common! As I said,my problem is that this is brand new with brand new clips. Is the problem to be accepted as a inherent issue with 1911's - kind of aggravating, using Federal 45 230gr FMJ RN (brass casing). These are probably as common as any round put through the 1911. So, can anyone explain why? My first guess is Colt doesn't use a strong enough spring in the 8 round magazine to start with. Thoughts? Suggestions? Hello COLT?!?!
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Hello Did you oil the slide to frame RAILS . Many guns are shipped DRY.
OIL IS YOUR FRIEND IMHO stainless semi autos need to be broken in more so then carbon steel. Also borrow a friends MAGAZINE . If this fails load one round in your magazines and see if the problem goes away or stays with the fact this is the round next to the magazine follower. The first think you need is to determine if pistol or magazine.0 -
Sounds like it just needs to be shot more to wear in so too speak.
Use a stick to make sure the follower in the magazine isn't hanging up on a burr. Clean and lube everything.
You can tape two or three pencils together and use them to push the follower. As you let spring push you will be able to feel for burrs.
You can rub areas with a piece of micro fiber to find the burrs and then polish them with some emery paper. You can deburr the follower edges with a stone or needle file(tread lightly). On SS gun I use the RIG Stainless Steel lube helps prevent galling. You should clean the gun soon.0 -
Try a 7 round mag. 0 -
Hey Charlie, at the risk of sounding naive, what is the "stick" you are referring to. Since all other rounds had no problem I am tending to think the follower is getting hung up somehow. BTW I see oil coming from the rear of the slide from the (for lack of a better term) dovetails or fixed rails. So the gun appears lubed. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by rlg62
Hey Charlie, at the risk of sounding naive, what is the "stick" you are referring to. Since all other rounds had no problem I am tending to think the follower is getting hung up somehow. BTW I see oil coming from the rear of the slide from the (for lack of a better term) dovetails or fixed rails. So the gun appears lubed.
Charlie - read your explanation in the bottom line of your response - thanks for the info!0 -
I'd check the throat of the barrel (is it shiney?), angle of the feed lip on the magazine (bent kind a oddly?), try other magazines (cheap fix), take the magazine apart to see burrs or other defects, how many rounds did you go through?
I'd go and get 300 cheap ball ammo or more. Lube her up, pack a few wet naps for your face later and go through the ammo.
Does the Commander start jamming when warm/hot? I'd start loading 2 rounds and pop them off when she starts jamming after full magazines.0 -
We fired 22 rounds. The 3rd mag load was 6 rounds and the last one jammed there too. I think Charlie is right and I think your reference to the problem being in the mag is also correct. They are upon inspection a little rough with excessive drag on the follower. So I'm going to lube front and back inside the mags. I still think this wouldn't be a problem if the springs were more forceful. 45 rounds aren't hard on the fingers; Colt should use stiffer springs in their mags. 0 -
Get a Wilson Combat or Kimber or Chip McCormick mag and your problem will probably go away. I have a friend with a Kahr 1911 that was doing the same thing as yours. Switched to a Chip McCormick mag and it runs 100% now. I use a Kimber mag in a old Llama 1911 and same thing runs 100% when using that magazine. 0 -
Colt doesn't make their own mags; they buy them from contractors.
I'd phone them & ask; they may already be aware of a problem with a recent batch.
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I do intend to call Colt on this issue sometime this week. I'll let you know what I find out. 0
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