Posted: 10/20/2012 12:47:30 AM EDT
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So I was messing around earlier, cycling a magazine of snap caps through my 1911, and I noticed that if the magazine had a full 7 rounds in it, it was very difficult to get it to lock in properly. Like, I'd have to slam the baseplate 4-5 times as hard as I could before it would lock in place. And about half the time I got the magazine locked in, the button would be stuck and I'd have to break it loose by giving it a tap with a punch. Like, both thumb pressure wasn't enough to depress it.
I figured maybe the magazine catch cutout on that mag wasn't cut right, so I swapped it up for one of the blued GI type mags. Same problem, and then I noticed there was a nice long scratch on the mag catch side of the blued mag where the bluing had been scraped off. I also noticed that when I could get the mag locked in, the catch wasn't flush with the frame like it should be, and if I dropped the slide on a snap cap the magazine would pop out about a quarter inch. So I took the mag catch out (It's an EGW one with a higher button evidently) and put the original catch back in and everything works just fine now. So I'm curious, why would the other mag catch cause the magazine to bind? There wasn't any excessive dirt or crud or anything in there that I noticed, although I did go ahead and swab it down with cleaner. Too much spring tension or something? Tolerance stacking? |