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Real Firearms / Problem child 1911
« on: May 25, 2005, 08:49:16 PM »
I have a firestorm 45. which is a clone of the colt 1911a1. Now before I get too far in to this I don't want to hear any lip about buying a knock-off of a good U.S. gun that was copied and made in Spain, this gun was cheap and easily upgraded w/ Colt parts so I went for it.
The problem that I'm having with this gun seems to be with the ramp into the chamber. I know these guns don't like hallow points, but this one has problems even with ball. The slide jams the nose of the round into the slide, but is quickly re-chambered with a 1/4 inch pull back and release of the slide. Is there anything I can do to this gun like decreasing the slope of the ramp into the chamber, I hate to mill on the body of this gun since I have only one. However I do have access to a milling machine. Also, I know that if I mill the body that I will have to mill the ramp on the barrel(shiver). Will this make the barrel prone to fractures or would it still be safe.
I'm not a rich man, so any thing that cheap/free please let me know. Also, let me know anything else that may cause this problem.
Untill then I will pratice cold bore shot and then throwing at close range.
The problem that I'm having with this gun seems to be with the ramp into the chamber. I know these guns don't like hallow points, but this one has problems even with ball. The slide jams the nose of the round into the slide, but is quickly re-chambered with a 1/4 inch pull back and release of the slide. Is there anything I can do to this gun like decreasing the slope of the ramp into the chamber, I hate to mill on the body of this gun since I have only one. However I do have access to a milling machine. Also, I know that if I mill the body that I will have to mill the ramp on the barrel(shiver). Will this make the barrel prone to fractures or would it still be safe.
I'm not a rich man, so any thing that cheap/free please let me know. Also, let me know anything else that may cause this problem.
Untill then I will pratice cold bore shot and then throwing at close range.