Guys this is my first 1911 stle pistol. It is a current 1991A1.
I have shot it ~ 500 rounds, and training cycled it ~ 3000 times. (Riding the slide forward in training , no slamming forward)
I noticed the other day that the slide lugs were showing wear at the 11:00 position, to the rear of the lugs. Both lugs were showing equal wear patterns at the same 11:00 rear position.
The barrel lugs on the stainless barrel had no visible wear (except behind the link, there is a burr of metal beginning to be mashed and rolled off where the barrel contacts the frame , but only on the right side. Same side as the wear on the slide lugs)
Too, I took the gun to a Tactical Class over the weekend. Shot ~ 250 rds.. 17lb. recoil spring. Gun did fine for first ~ 150 rds. , then began to fail to go into battery nearly every other round (quality UMC hardball ammo).
We were shooting fast and furious by then. I wondered if it was just a new gun, got heated up, and got a little too tight.
Had zero problems before this slow shooting ~ 150 rds.
Disassembled the gun between stages wiped off some of the crud and oiled it w/ a different kind of oil. The gun worked a little better then.
Took the gun out two days later, didn't clean it, didn't oil it, same magazines, shot ~ 100 rounds, slow. Had one fail to go into battery. Switched recoil springs up, down, and sideways from standard, to 17, to 18.5. Casings all landed in nearly the same place , anyway.
Had the thought that my usual lubrication Rem. Oil might be too light and volitale, as it seems to evaporate pretty quickly. Used Outters between stages at the Tactical Class, it seemed "heavier", and seemed to still be "present and accounted for" several days later (unlike the Rem. Oil).
Wondering if that could have had anything to do with it (though I lavishly cleaned and oiled the pistol only hours before the class).
I dunno. I'm perplexed.
Does the lug wear and the FTF have anything to do with each other?
Elsworth
I have shot it ~ 500 rounds, and training cycled it ~ 3000 times. (Riding the slide forward in training , no slamming forward)
I noticed the other day that the slide lugs were showing wear at the 11:00 position, to the rear of the lugs. Both lugs were showing equal wear patterns at the same 11:00 rear position.
The barrel lugs on the stainless barrel had no visible wear (except behind the link, there is a burr of metal beginning to be mashed and rolled off where the barrel contacts the frame , but only on the right side. Same side as the wear on the slide lugs)
Too, I took the gun to a Tactical Class over the weekend. Shot ~ 250 rds.. 17lb. recoil spring. Gun did fine for first ~ 150 rds. , then began to fail to go into battery nearly every other round (quality UMC hardball ammo).
We were shooting fast and furious by then. I wondered if it was just a new gun, got heated up, and got a little too tight.
Had zero problems before this slow shooting ~ 150 rds.
Disassembled the gun between stages wiped off some of the crud and oiled it w/ a different kind of oil. The gun worked a little better then.
Took the gun out two days later, didn't clean it, didn't oil it, same magazines, shot ~ 100 rounds, slow. Had one fail to go into battery. Switched recoil springs up, down, and sideways from standard, to 17, to 18.5. Casings all landed in nearly the same place , anyway.
Had the thought that my usual lubrication Rem. Oil might be too light and volitale, as it seems to evaporate pretty quickly. Used Outters between stages at the Tactical Class, it seemed "heavier", and seemed to still be "present and accounted for" several days later (unlike the Rem. Oil).
Wondering if that could have had anything to do with it (though I lavishly cleaned and oiled the pistol only hours before the class).
I dunno. I'm perplexed.
Does the lug wear and the FTF have anything to do with each other?
Elsworth
