Trouble with Taurus PT1911

[ilcaveman]

I had the girlfriend out shooting her Taurus today and she had some of my reloads have a light strike on the primer. I thought it was the rounds, been using the same load for 10 years with no issues. I was shooting the same rounds in my Kimber without issue. I took the rounds that didn't fire in her gun and shot them in my gun with no issues. I believe it is the gun. I have been reloading for 30 years and never seen this before. Anyone ever see this before? The gun has about 5000 rounds thru it without any trouble.

 

[Tombs]

I know of 3 situations that can happen in.

Extreme overpressure.
Such excessive hard firing pin strike it goes through the primer.
And reloading old cases that have a worn out primer pocket, getting lots of gas blow by.

 

[billybob44]

Firing Pin???

To me, it looks like the firing pin is making a hole in the primer. It should place a round dent, not a sharp hole in the primer.

As long as you are sure of the quality of your loads-no loose primer pockets etc., I would replace the firing pin with a Wilson "Bullet Proof" pin. While you are there, due to the 5K rounds through this pistol, I would go ahead and replace the firing pin spring and the recoil spring...Bill.

 

[ilcaveman]

Thanks, the brass has been reloaded a lot. I will trash the brass and start a new batch. Im going to replace the springs and pin as well.

 

[ilcaveman]

I believe it is something with the gun. I have several 1911's with the same loads and don't have any issues with them.