1911Tuner
Moderator Emeritus
it does need tuning, a lot of the time, tuning that joe blow can't do.
That hasn't been my experience...unless you feel that needing to adjust tension every 50,000 rounds or so is a lot.
We tend to hear about the ones that need attention, while the ones that never do quietly chug along...the squeaky wheel/grease thing...and about as often as not, the guy who has a bit of trouble loudly announces that all (insert brand name) pistols are junk.
Imagine his surprise when handing him a proper magazine or bending the extractor a little causes all his problems to disappear...and it's usually the magazine at a 10:1 ratio. Trust me. The look on his face is priceless.
You made my point for me.
Well...If that's how you read it, I can't do anything about that.
A poorly tensioned extractor isn't the fault of the gun. Look to the guy who installed it and sent it on down the line without proper adjustment. Neither is the low-quality magazine the fault of the gun. Look to the corporate bean counter who insisted on saving 50 cents per unit. You'd think that after a hundred years, the manufacturers would understand that good magazines and proper extractor adjustment are vitally important to the pistol's reliable function...but I guess that's too much to expect in this day and age.
Way back in 1910, John Browning and a team of Colt's top engineers had it all worked out. I have it on good authority that those people really did know what they were doing. That so few people these days seem to be willing to believe and accept that is curious...but what're ya gonna do. *shrug*
I've tried for lo these many years to make the horse drink water, so far with limited success.