Prescott, we have a problem... :shock:
I finally found the perfect hunting ammo for my SR1911 10mm. Federal Trophy Bonded Soft Points. At $1.40 per round, they're not cheap, so I wont be shooting a bunch of them at the range, but I will stoke the magazine with these for woods carry once I know how well they shoot and function.
Shot a partial box of them yesterday, and had the first stoppage I've experienced with this pistol so far. Had a weird stove pipe jam with a loaded round. Gee...Did the round deflect off the ramp and turn straight up in the magazine? Or did it just jump out of the magazine on its own? At the time, no way to know. Finished shooting the rest of the box with no further issues.
Went back out today and tried to duplicate the failure. Couldn't duplicate it. But then, all of a sudden the gun would not go into full battery, and was locked up tighter than a drum. Once I got it cleared, it still wouldn't go into battery even with no ammo in the chamber. I knew there was a serious problem, so that ended my shooting.
Took it back home, stripped it down, and this is what I found...
Was my first jam an indication that something wasn't quite right? Or was that jam a fluke, and this toggle lug failure was a whole 'nother issue that happened later? I'll never know, but Ruger has already sent me a shipping label.
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I finally found the perfect hunting ammo for my SR1911 10mm. Federal Trophy Bonded Soft Points. At $1.40 per round, they're not cheap, so I wont be shooting a bunch of them at the range, but I will stoke the magazine with these for woods carry once I know how well they shoot and function.
Shot a partial box of them yesterday, and had the first stoppage I've experienced with this pistol so far. Had a weird stove pipe jam with a loaded round. Gee...Did the round deflect off the ramp and turn straight up in the magazine? Or did it just jump out of the magazine on its own? At the time, no way to know. Finished shooting the rest of the box with no further issues.
Went back out today and tried to duplicate the failure. Couldn't duplicate it. But then, all of a sudden the gun would not go into full battery, and was locked up tighter than a drum. Once I got it cleared, it still wouldn't go into battery even with no ammo in the chamber. I knew there was a serious problem, so that ended my shooting.
Took it back home, stripped it down, and this is what I found...
Was my first jam an indication that something wasn't quite right? Or was that jam a fluke, and this toggle lug failure was a whole 'nother issue that happened later? I'll never know, but Ruger has already sent me a shipping label.
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