sleepyone
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I recently replaced the stock FLGR on my new Colt XSE 1911 with the Ed Brown Recoil Spring Plug and Wilson Combat Recoil Spring Guide. I shot two hundred rounds through my pistol with NO failures or hiccups of any kind PRIOR to swapping these parts. I kept the stock 16 lb. recoil spring.
First time out after replacing these parts I started having failures to eject and feed after the fifth round. It happened many times over the next several magazines. Sometimes the slide would be closed and the hammer cocked but the trigger would not work and the slide had to be pulled pretty hard to eject the round. Other times, the slide would be open when it jammed. Never had a stovepipe. Just the round jammed in the chamber.
To troubleshoot, I grabbed my two seven round magazines from my DW 1911 and ran six magazines through the Colt with zero problems. Then I went back to the two eight round Colt magazines and ran four full magazines through the Colt with only one problem. The round did not seat all the way. I don't think it is the magazines. Just trying to eliminate the obvious first.
So I went from having major problems with the two Colt 8 round magazines, to no problems with the Dan Wesson magazines to almost no problems when going back to the original Colt magazines.
I was shooting 230 gr. FMJ Winchester Whitebox
Do I need to replace my recoil spring with an 18.5 lb or stronger one. I'm fairly new to working on 1911s. It sounds like the slide is not coming back hard enough to eject the previous round or moving forward fast enough to seat the next round properly. Am I way off on my assessment?
Oh yeah, I also swapped out the nylon MSH with an Ed Brown SS one, but I don't think that is the culprit.
First time out after replacing these parts I started having failures to eject and feed after the fifth round. It happened many times over the next several magazines. Sometimes the slide would be closed and the hammer cocked but the trigger would not work and the slide had to be pulled pretty hard to eject the round. Other times, the slide would be open when it jammed. Never had a stovepipe. Just the round jammed in the chamber.
To troubleshoot, I grabbed my two seven round magazines from my DW 1911 and ran six magazines through the Colt with zero problems. Then I went back to the two eight round Colt magazines and ran four full magazines through the Colt with only one problem. The round did not seat all the way. I don't think it is the magazines. Just trying to eliminate the obvious first.
So I went from having major problems with the two Colt 8 round magazines, to no problems with the Dan Wesson magazines to almost no problems when going back to the original Colt magazines.
I was shooting 230 gr. FMJ Winchester Whitebox
Do I need to replace my recoil spring with an 18.5 lb or stronger one. I'm fairly new to working on 1911s. It sounds like the slide is not coming back hard enough to eject the previous round or moving forward fast enough to seat the next round properly. Am I way off on my assessment?
Oh yeah, I also swapped out the nylon MSH with an Ed Brown SS one, but I don't think that is the culprit.