Recent content by Steve4cr

Yes, corrected. Thanks

Woohoo, went to the range and put 200 rounds through the new one (including the Federals) without so much as a hiccup. Shot great and got a bulls eye at 50 yards (lucky shot). Thanks for all the replies and insight. Steve

Thanks for the reply. Glad to see another user using the Federals. I am going Sat AM to test it. I got 4 different brands. I did a full clean and oil. The new one definitely feels tighter and the the spring has more tension. I think the federals will go om my list of ammo to avoid, especially on...

Yes both mags. Update: I picked up the new one yesterday. First thing I noticed was how tighter the spring was. It was a lott harder to pull back. Going to try to test this Sat. Got some Remington, Winchester, American Eagle and the Fedrals

Thanks Y2k, that's what I wanted to hear. I'm getting a new gun and I am hoping it shoots all or at least most ammo.

OK, went to the range and here are the results American Eagle (these are made by Federal)-(Ruger says they use these for testing.) I had the same issue as the Federals. Would not cycle the 2nd round, jammed and needed to smack the grip to free it. Winchester sXz-Went through the whole box and...

OK, took it apart and cleaned & oiled it. Here are some photos of the extractor on Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6lw8t95jaehy1yd/AAA4TCxrpnKCUkJfSCz3Ac4Ga

Nice pics, thanks. My plan is to break it down (I'll look at the extractor and try to take pics), clean and lube and then head for the desert first thing in the AM. I do like the pistol but I currently own 7 handguns and 5 rifles and ALL fire with any ammo I feed them. This is new to me and...

Add this - just bought 2 boxes American Eagle and remington Gun purchase $650 1st box Federal $24 2nd Box Federal $38 (all they had where I went) Range visit $18 Timer off work to wait for Fedex, priceless 1 box American Eagle 27.00 1 box Remington 28.00

OK, glad to hear from someone who has tried the ammo. Actually. I did not crack the new box (I know stupid but I was disgusted and wanted to leave). Called Ruger and was told that if I am only planning on using 1 type of ammo perhaps this is not the gun for me. I own 5 Rugers and this will be my...

Thanks for the input guys. I do live in the PHX area and the nearest desert spot is about 40 minutes and the range is 10 minutes and it is 110 degrees here. I do believe that if I get some different ammo I may have success but would still like to hear from a Federal user. If Federal works for...

Thank you Highspeedlane for you reply. I have heard of the test you mentioned sometimes referred as the plunk test. I did try that and it seemed to drop OK but I cannot be completely sure as this is not a very scientific test. As for the aforementioned "Slide removed, see if the rim of the...

Hi I purchased a SR1911 last week. Loved the look and feel. Bought a box of Federal .45 and went out the forest to fire it. I found it would never chamber the second round after firing the first shot. The slide would be about 1/8 inch from home. Slamming it forward would send it home but would...