Bwana John
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I purchased a NOS Colt conversion unit, and mated it to a Norenco 1911 frame.
The problem is brass not being ejected cleanly and getting stuck between the barrel and slide.
I had to pull the 45 ejector and recontour it to let the 22 ejector fit
At first try it did not eject ~ 10% of the time.
After dressing the 22 ejector blade I got a slight improvement.
After taking a stock 45 recoil spring and cutting it down coil by coil I got a slight improvement.
After removing the 22 extractor alltogether I got a large improvement.
It appears that enlarging the ejection port would help.
It still won't hold the slide back after the last shot, but I think the slide release is not correct, should be a #2, but is unmarked.
Does anybody have any info to get this thing to a less than 0.5% failure rate?
Do i lube the floating chamber or run it dry?
Are there any dependable aftermarket magazines of any manufacture? Colt mags look like they are $120.
I gave my very dependable Ciener 22/45 kit to my nephew, and purchased this Colt kit because I always wanted a Service Ace, but tuning this thing is starting to annoy me, and reading up on it it appears there might be a reason they are no longer around.
The problem is brass not being ejected cleanly and getting stuck between the barrel and slide.
I had to pull the 45 ejector and recontour it to let the 22 ejector fit
At first try it did not eject ~ 10% of the time.
After dressing the 22 ejector blade I got a slight improvement.
After taking a stock 45 recoil spring and cutting it down coil by coil I got a slight improvement.
After removing the 22 extractor alltogether I got a large improvement.
It appears that enlarging the ejection port would help.
It still won't hold the slide back after the last shot, but I think the slide release is not correct, should be a #2, but is unmarked.
Does anybody have any info to get this thing to a less than 0.5% failure rate?
Do i lube the floating chamber or run it dry?
Are there any dependable aftermarket magazines of any manufacture? Colt mags look like they are $120.
I gave my very dependable Ciener 22/45 kit to my nephew, and purchased this Colt kit because I always wanted a Service Ace, but tuning this thing is starting to annoy me, and reading up on it it appears there might be a reason they are no longer around.