SW1911 Ejection Question

[roo_ster]

Howdy:

I was at the firing range with a buddy firing my SW1911 in .45ACP using Winchester White box 230gr FMJ.

The range had a screen separating all the pistol bays/benches and the design was intended for the screen to catch rounds and have them slide into a bucket.

My SW1911 was ejecting rounds less "off to the right" (60deg-90deg from top dead center 0deg) and more "mostly straight up and a little to the right" (30deg-45deg from TDC). Hence my empties were flying over the screen partition.

My buddy insisted that I had a problem. Either ejector, extractor, or recoil spring.

I thought that since the SW1911 functioned just fine, the exact angle of ejection is not a big deal. About the only thing I thought might be done would be maybe trying a stronger than stock recoil spring to reduce the distance the empties were ejected. (I can not determine how far they currently are tossed, since they invariably hit the overhead cover.) I have only a couple thousand rounds on this recoil spring and have fed it a diet of standard pressure 230gr FMJ & HP.

So, does anyone think there is a problem (other than having to walk back & to the right to scavenge my empty cases off the ground?

 

[rcmodel]

The extraction / ejection sequence is intended to get the empty brass out of the gun 100% of the time.

No specification calls for it to land in a range net and get caught in a bucket.

As long as the gun functions perfectly, and you aren't getting hit in the face by the brass, it is doing what it is supposed to do.

As far as changing the ejection pattern on a mil-spec 1911, it isn't hard to do with a little fine-tuning of the extractor & ejector angles & such.

Since the S&W isn't a mil-spec 1911, and uses an external extractor, it may well require a different set of rules to change where it chucks brass.

I haven't worked on one enough to offer any advice though.

rcmodel

 

[Spartacus451]

Getting that much height is a little weird even for a S&W 1911. I have three and have seen countless others. You can try tuning the ejector or have a gunsmith do it. Under no circumstances should material be polished or removed from a S&W 1911 extractor hook.

http://www.brazoscustom.com/magart/ejection perfection.htm

Recoil springs should not be used to tune ejection distance. They should be matched to the power of the ammunition you are using so the gun cycles reliably.

 

[2nd 41]

Reliability is my only concern. I never gave any thought to the direction of ejection. I'm happy that the brass does not hit me in the far head or go down my shirt.