S&W Sc1911 probs.

[texcaliber]

To start off its a 4.5" and has gone two years without a jam. Shooting mostly Rem. Golden Sabers 185gr. +P and 230gr. ball @ 196pf i can no longer trust the gun. Soooo much so i had to buy a 220. As norm to some of you this must sound more than one of my peers were agast. For years i said no to SIG due to the slidestop position and let eveyone know it. The S&W in my hands can cut the same or better off hand as the SIG from bags and my first shot on target avg. .25 to .4 sec. more with the SIG at the bowling pin pratice table with my hit 9% down . 

Now i know it alot for myfirst post but to add to it the smith has about 10k 230gr. and less than 2k 185+P
Any advice or help would be good.
thanks yall

[mnshooter]

I think there are plenty of people who would like to help you, but you haven't exactly stated a problem or question.

[Snake45]

To start off its a 4.5" and has gone two years without a jam. Shooting mostly Rem. Golden Sabers 185gr. +P and 230gr. ball @ 196pf i can no longer trust the gun.

Call me dense, but what is the problem?

[texcaliber]

now i  know i said it i just did not type it. i am very srry for the trouble but the gun no longer is reliable for a spand of 50 rds.
to make things a lot worst it seems those gun gremlins hit right after i gain alittle trust in the gun. the jamming is random and i kno that the ejector is a prob. with these guns but i have sent it out to S&W once to have fixed without the "fix" part .
ONCE AGAIN SORRY

[flyandscuba]

 

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[DonWorsham]

To start off its a 4.5" and has gone two years without a jam.

If you haven't already, you might try cleaning your magazines. If that does not help, you may need new mag springs.

[flyandscuba]

Don,

Glad you understood -- as I am still unclear to the stated problem.  My thoughts are replace the recoil springs and magazine springs with Wolf springs and see if it corrects any problems.  Many shooters rarely, if ever, replace springs -- resulting in 75%+ of most 1911 problems.  With these ultra-light Scandium examples -- who knows?

[DonWorsham]

unclear to the stated problem.  My thoughts are replace the recoil springs and magazine springs with Wolf springs and see if it corrects any problems.

Right, that's why I shoot revolvers now. 

[texcaliber]

thanks yall. i have tried 4 different mags makers and 5 if you include the factory mags, to no avail and also different recoil along w/ different# springs. the local gunsmith has had his hands on it and promised all is well but same story. guess i am to much of a newbie to want total reliablity from an auto.

[Michael Bane]

Send it back to S&W and let them fix it!

I have found the S&W 1911s to be among the most reliable out of the box 1911s I've ever shot. Like a lot of people on this forum, when I hear about mixed-lot problems I immediately think ammo or magazines.

Before you contact S&W, I would suggest putting 50-100 rounds through the gun, log every malfunction and catagorize it...failure to eject, failure to feed, nose of bullet hit barrel hood, gun detonated and is presently in low earth orbit, etc. This really helps out on problem-solving. If I send a gun to a gunsmith and just say, "It won't shoot," they yell at me and demand more info. As Bill Laughridge so gently says, "You know how the damn things work! Tell me what's not working! Otherwise, how can you expect me to fix it, you idiot!" With most customers, he deltes the "you idiot" phraseology...

PS...Worsham, when you see me this weekend and buy me expensive designer beer, ask me why I recommended .44 Special revolvers for airline pilots!

Michael B