1911 ejecting live rounds behind spent case.

[Thegeek]

My handloads. 230gr LRN \ 4.3gr Titegroup \ 1.2" COL

I'm thinking it's most likely a magazine issue, but I've never seen anything like this. Pull the trigger, the spent case is ejected and right behind it a live round and then the slide closes chambering a live round. Out of 140 round, this happened three times. I was using two different magazines and I'm unsure if all three came from the same magazine.

Anyone experience this before.

 

[halfmileharry]

Act mags?
I have seen similar issues from a cheap mag but not identical
PermaMarker or etch the sides of the mags

 

[BugI02]

Is it a weak ejection of the live round, as if only the mag spring is providing the ejection force? Or does the ejected live round tumble as if it was scraped out of the mag by the slide in recoil?

 

[churchmouse]

Mags.

 

[Thegeek]

Is it a weak ejection of the live round, as if only the mag spring is providing the ejection force? Or does the ejected live round tumble as if it was scraped out of the mag by the slide in recoil?

Yes. Just enough to get it up and out of the way of the slide.

This is a Dan Wesson Valor and the mags are Dan Wesson mags from the CZ-USA online store (DW distributor). I'll be marking the mags with a china marker and see where we go from there.

 

[Alpo]

Feed lips might need a little tweaking.

 

[printcraft]

Feed lips might need a little tweaking.

This is what I'm thinking, the live rounds are setting a little too high in the magazine and are getting pushed out by the bottom edge of the spent case.

 

[halfmileharry]

Feed lips might need a little tweaking.

Maybe I've missed out on something over the last 4+ decades but once a mag is damaged it's damaged forever. Sure, I've bent a few guide lips back and tweaked some springs but once bad it's only a matter of time (fast and soon) before they'll go bad again.
Replace the bad mag to the dumpster and begin again.

 

[Thegeek]

That's the hard part. This magazine is only had a couple hundred rounds through it. What's interesting is that if you push the round forward (like the stripping block would) the round will nose up and out of the magazine after about 1/4 inch.

 

[printcraft]

That's the hard part. This magazine is only had a couple hundred rounds through it. What's interesting is that if you push the round forward (like the stripping block would) the round will nose up and out of the magazine after about 1/4 inch.

Bad follower?

 

[Thegeek]

Dunno. First 1911 and first issue I've had like this. I purchased three addtional mags. The two I took the range are from this group of three. They're supposed to be identical to the factory mags, so the worst I could do is compare.

 

[halfmileharry]

Dunno. First 1911 and first issue I've had like this. I purchased three addtional mags. The two I took the range are from this group of three. They're supposed to be identical to the factory mags, so the worst I could do is compare.

Any part can be new and be defective at the same time. ONE drop on a hard floor can destroy a mag.
Number all your mags and it's easier to determine which one goes bad.
I keep journals for my guns and accessories. Most everything else has serial #s. Mags don't as far as I've seen before.

 

[migunner]

Beg or borrow a Wilson mag and never look back