sleepyone
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I wonder if some other Colt owners or 1911 guys can shed some light on two very perplexing issues with my new Colt XSE SS Government model.
1. There is a notch on the barrel feed ramp that I have never seen on a 1911. I have a friend who has been shooting 1911s for 40 years and he has never seen a feed ramp like this one either. Pics are below.
2. I was comparing my hammer pull of the Colt to my Dan Wesson and noticed the DW is much, much easier to pull. So, I took the MSH out and compressed the spring by hand using a punch. Also comparing it to a few other 1911s that I own or have access to I would say it is twice as hard to compress .
I discovered these two things while we were trying to resolve a feeding and jamming issue it was having with an Ed Brown SS MSH I installed. I had fired 200 rounds prior to swapping out the MSH with no problems and have run about 50 rounds with no problems since going back to the nylon MSH. Same internal parts in both MSGs. That is another mystery.
I know that 1911 manufacturers often make "improvements" to their 1911s and not every barrel feed ramp looks the same, but I can't figure out why the notch is there. Do other Colt XSE owners have these same two designs. The mainspring is really strange. The hammer pull is very stiff. About twice as stiff as my Dan Wesson. I first thought I had done something wrong when installing the Ed Brown MSH, but the hammer pull is the same with the nylon installed.
I will probably call Colt to ask about the purpose of the feed ramp notch and if the mainspring is supposed to be that way or if they gave me a defective one but wanted to run it by here first.
1. There is a notch on the barrel feed ramp that I have never seen on a 1911. I have a friend who has been shooting 1911s for 40 years and he has never seen a feed ramp like this one either. Pics are below.
2. I was comparing my hammer pull of the Colt to my Dan Wesson and noticed the DW is much, much easier to pull. So, I took the MSH out and compressed the spring by hand using a punch. Also comparing it to a few other 1911s that I own or have access to I would say it is twice as hard to compress .
I discovered these two things while we were trying to resolve a feeding and jamming issue it was having with an Ed Brown SS MSH I installed. I had fired 200 rounds prior to swapping out the MSH with no problems and have run about 50 rounds with no problems since going back to the nylon MSH. Same internal parts in both MSGs. That is another mystery.
I know that 1911 manufacturers often make "improvements" to their 1911s and not every barrel feed ramp looks the same, but I can't figure out why the notch is there. Do other Colt XSE owners have these same two designs. The mainspring is really strange. The hammer pull is very stiff. About twice as stiff as my Dan Wesson. I first thought I had done something wrong when installing the Ed Brown MSH, but the hammer pull is the same with the nylon installed.
I will probably call Colt to ask about the purpose of the feed ramp notch and if the mainspring is supposed to be that way or if they gave me a defective one but wanted to run it by here first.