Polish your ramp.

[protoolman]

I bought a Remington R1 1911 with a rough feed ramp brand new. It wouldn't cycle sharp edged hollow points well as the rough ramp would get too much friction.quick polish with cratex tip and flitz on a cloth wheel and it cycles smoothly. It's still scratched/rough looking but the surface is smooth with no rough edges.

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

Wrong. The suggestion was to use SOFT felt tips and POLISHING compound to shine up ramp. Nothing was said about grinding.
If a person cannot figure out the word polish can they be trusted with firearms?

I never mentioned the word 'grind,' so get over yourself.

 

[Sam Summey]

Having been a "practicing" gunsmith for the last 20 years. I have had to weld up no less than three 1911 feed ramps because of the owner's efforts at "polishing". As I asked a PhD. Chemistry Professor, "did you see sparks when you were "polishing"? His reply, "YES!" I said, "Then you weren't polishing you were GRINDING, Clyde". Two of these instances an extractor replacement preceded the grinding. There is no such thing as a "drop in" extractor for JB's creation. They need "tuning" to allow the cartridge rim to slide under the extractor hook during feeding without the bullet nose taking a nosedive.

 

[ArizonaTea123]

I polished the feed ramp on my Blackhawk and didn't notice any improvement.

 

[41Dude]

I polished the feed ramp on my Blackhawk and didn't notice any improvement.

It's obvious you did not use a big enough grinding wheel.

 

[usmc69]

I have been polishing ramps on M1911's for 40+ years. I learned a long time ago that the stone tips for dremal tools are to abrasive. Much better are the rubber polishing tips. The accompanying pictures show these. The screw onto a mandrill for a dremal tool. These will polish the feed ramp to mirror bright in just a few minutes. Have polished several hundred guns for folks with all being "Happy Campers" when I finished their ramps. Have a couple of hundred stones stuffed into a junk box that I have accumlated over the years in different kits, they wont be used on any guns.

 

[usmc69]

I polished the feed ramp on my Blackhawk and didn't notice any improvement.

You polished the wrong end!

Try some Johnnie Walker Blue https://whiskeycaviar.com/products/johnnie-walker-blue-label

 

[stanman]

Having been a "practicing" gunsmith for the last 20 years. I have had to weld up no less than three 1911 feed ramps because of the owner's efforts at "polishing". As I asked a PhD. Chemistry Professor, "did you see sparks when you were "polishing"? His reply, "YES!" I said, "Then you weren't polishing you were GRINDING, Clyde". Two of these instances an extractor replacement preceded the grinding. There is no such thing as a "drop in" extractor for JB's creation. They need "tuning" to allow the cartridge rim to slide under the extractor hook during feeding without the bullet nose taking a nosedive.

I have a Para Ordnance 1911 that would nosedive the first round in a mag about every time, regardless of bullet type. Very frustrating and almost got rid of it. I noticed a slight edge on the feed ramp that was part of the slide. I cautiously used a felt polishing tip and rouge in my Dremel until I smoothed off the edge and polished the entire ramp. To my surprise and delight now the pistol feeds everything reliably!!

 

[Hebraist]

Wrong. The suggestion was to use SOFT felt tips and POLISHING compound to shine up ramp. Nothing was said about grinding.
If a person cannot figure out the word polish can they be trusted with firearms?

Polish pistols? Like the P-64?

 

[41Dude]

Rubbish unless you are an idiot.

A little harsh
Different people have different skills and life lessons.