Best 1911FP spring weight for 200grSWC??
I have no problem with my RIA Tactical 1911 no matter what I shoot.
My main range load is 5.4gr RamShot ZIP with a 200gr SWC and it works very well. that is at the top end for lead as I want a useful load for more than paper.
I also have acquired a Charles Daly 1911 also 5 inch from a friend.
I have had a few, only 2 of 120 fired, light strikes. Barely dented the primers.
Put back in, they fired fine.
That is obviously a no-no for self defense so I need to solve the problem because 99.99999% is not good enough IMO.
I took out the FP and cleaned the chamber, pin and spring but frankly they did not look dirty enough to cause this problem.
I may just replace both to be sure so what spring tension would be best??
I want the 200gr to work but I also want the 220gr and 230gr factory loads I have for self defense to function well.
From your experience, "Experten bitte"!!, what do you recommend?
Wulfmann
My main range load is 5.4gr RamShot ZIP with a 200gr SWC and it works very well. that is at the top end for lead as I want a useful load for more than paper.
I also have acquired a Charles Daly 1911 also 5 inch from a friend.
I have had a few, only 2 of 120 fired, light strikes. Barely dented the primers.
Put back in, they fired fine.
That is obviously a no-no for self defense so I need to solve the problem because 99.99999% is not good enough IMO.
I took out the FP and cleaned the chamber, pin and spring but frankly they did not look dirty enough to cause this problem.
I may just replace both to be sure so what spring tension would be best??
I want the 200gr to work but I also want the 220gr and 230gr factory loads I have for self defense to function well.
From your experience, "Experten bitte"!!, what do you recommend?
Wulfmann
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Just working on a similar problem a few weeks ago. If it's not "high primers" check if the unit has a small firing pin (9mm style). My parts are not in yet from Ed Brown, but the group recommended a steel firing pin and lower tension spring from Ed Brown as a possible fix.
I am trying this before I bore out the firing pin to .090" dia. and use a std pin and spring.0 -
Hello I have loaded and shot in the neighborhood of 300,000 rounds of lead 185-215 grain semi wadcutter lead 45ACP rounds . The most important thing to get 100% function is matching the load to the spring and having a round that is the correct OAL for your chamber and a TAPER crimp case mouth . Lets talk about the crimp and OAL first . A roll crimp is fine if every case you load is the exact same length but straight walled cases get shorter when loaded and shot if you have a long case it will over crimp and a short case will under crimp both will end up giving a too large case mouth. with a taper crimp you are looking for a case mouth about .001-.002 smaller then 1/4 inch down from the mouth this normally =.469 inch. Take the barrel out of the pistol and adjust seating die so a loaded case with proper taper crimp will drop fully i to the chamber under its own weight with the case head .005-010 below flush with the rear of the barrel hood. Now about the spring what you want is a spring that if you load one round in the magazine and fire it the slide will lock back "OPEN" this will prove the powder is strong enough to fully cycle the slide. Too heavy of a spring will not fully cycle the slide and too light a spring will batter the pistol[V] also NEVER use shock buffers they keep the slide from going all the way back and CAN spoil the timing needed to let the next round to fully rise in the magazine thus the slide will hang on loading and the round will not fully chamber looking like "LIGHT " firing pin hit. IF any [?][?][?]go to my profile and email me "PRAISE THE HARD BALL GUN" 0
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