Author Topic: Rock Island Armory M1911-A1  (Read 665 times)

Offline Grayeagle

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Re: Rock Island Armory M1911-A1
« Reply #15 on: May 16, 2011, 10:24:29 PM »
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Offline Buzzard7

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Re: Rock Island Armory M1911-A1
« Reply #16 on: May 16, 2011, 10:33:10 PM »
Yup, functioned flawlessly.  No fail to feeds, no fail to fires, and no fail to ejects.  The gun feels pretty tight too, not sloppy at all. 

Have you tried polishing the ramp on the CZ?  That might help...  Maybe.  Best bet is probably to get a good gunsmith to bevel the bore a little bit so the rounds have a little more wiggle room as they feed.
I could but then it would no longer be original.

Offline PFactorDave

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Re: Rock Island Armory M1911-A1
« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2011, 11:08:48 AM »
I could but then it would no longer be original.

Perfectly understandable.

Don't know if you can get a wadcutter style ammo for your pistol, but if you can, you might give them a try.  Sometimes a wadcutter will feed into a steeply ramped pistol.  Although, some pistols will just fail to feed even worse with wadcutters.  Would be worth a try, just on the off chance that it helps.
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Re: Rock Island Armory M1911-A1
« Reply #18 on: May 17, 2011, 11:19:56 AM »
Perfectly understandable.

Don't know if you can get a wadcutter style ammo for your pistol, but if you can, you might give them a try.  Sometimes a wadcutter will feed into a steeply ramped pistol.  Although, some pistols will just fail to feed even worse with wadcutters.  Would be worth a try, just on the off chance that it helps.

no no no... forget the actual "wadcutter" bullet.  I highly suggest the "semi-wadcutter" instead.  It still provides the clean crisp cut on the paper yet it still has the cone nose to help with riding up the feed ramp (far fewer feeding problems).   :aok
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Re: Rock Island Armory M1911-A1
« Reply #19 on: May 17, 2011, 11:34:27 AM »
no no no... forget the actual "wadcutter" bullet.  I highly suggest the "semi-wadcutter" instead.  It still provides the clean crisp cut on the paper yet it still has the cone nose to help with riding up the feed ramp (far fewer feeding problems).   :aok

Ya you're right.  Semi-wadcutter is what I meant, thanks for the correction.   :salute

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