bittereinder
Bearcat
Hello everyone. It's been a while since I posted here. I have a very specific question about a magazine issue and haven't found any online advice that helps.
First off, my SR1911 lightweight commander in 9 mm has functioned flawlessly for years, at least 2000 rounds, using a variety of bulk ammo and a few different types of magazines (Ruger 9 round stainless, Ruger 10 round stainless, and Wilson Combat 10 round stainless). Zero malfunctions of any kind. Last year I purchased some Ruger black finish 10 rounders. One of them took a bit of breaking in but it works fine now. For the other mag, it's so stiff I usually can't load 10. It's difficult to load 9 rounds and it often jams inside the mag when I fill it with 8 or 9 rounds. I.e., when loaded with 8 or 9 rounds, I often get failure to feed where the rounds are stuck inside the mag on the first few shots. I need to remove the mag, tap a bit to unjam, then re-insert.
Ruger service is excellent as usual, and I will be getting a replacement for free. They did not ask me to send back the defective mag so I'm just trying to see if I can actually get it working properly.
- I have tried changing the internals: swapping the spring, follower, baseplate, everything, with the similar mag that works. That doesn't make a difference. The functioning mag still works fine, and the bad one doesn't. So presumably there's something wrong with the main body of the mag. I haven't been able to see anything unusual and I don't see any difference when I hold it next to the functioning, similar mag.
- I've cleaned it several times and lightly oiled the inside with synthetic oil. Doesn't help.
- I've polished the inside of the feed lips with Flitz and a soft buffing pad for a Dremel. No difference.
- The last thing I tried was polishing the inside with Flitz, on a shotgun patch and a brass brush. Again, no difference.
If anyone has any suggestions for what else I could try, I would appreciate it! Thanks.
First off, my SR1911 lightweight commander in 9 mm has functioned flawlessly for years, at least 2000 rounds, using a variety of bulk ammo and a few different types of magazines (Ruger 9 round stainless, Ruger 10 round stainless, and Wilson Combat 10 round stainless). Zero malfunctions of any kind. Last year I purchased some Ruger black finish 10 rounders. One of them took a bit of breaking in but it works fine now. For the other mag, it's so stiff I usually can't load 10. It's difficult to load 9 rounds and it often jams inside the mag when I fill it with 8 or 9 rounds. I.e., when loaded with 8 or 9 rounds, I often get failure to feed where the rounds are stuck inside the mag on the first few shots. I need to remove the mag, tap a bit to unjam, then re-insert.
Ruger service is excellent as usual, and I will be getting a replacement for free. They did not ask me to send back the defective mag so I'm just trying to see if I can actually get it working properly.
- I have tried changing the internals: swapping the spring, follower, baseplate, everything, with the similar mag that works. That doesn't make a difference. The functioning mag still works fine, and the bad one doesn't. So presumably there's something wrong with the main body of the mag. I haven't been able to see anything unusual and I don't see any difference when I hold it next to the functioning, similar mag.
- I've cleaned it several times and lightly oiled the inside with synthetic oil. Doesn't help.
- I've polished the inside of the feed lips with Flitz and a soft buffing pad for a Dremel. No difference.
- The last thing I tried was polishing the inside with Flitz, on a shotgun patch and a brass brush. Again, no difference.
If anyone has any suggestions for what else I could try, I would appreciate it! Thanks.
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