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whiplash · February 4, 2013, 08:20 PM

Well I finally got to shoot. I still had 50rds of reloads left. Still had misfires. This time on each misfire I noticed light primer strikes and then rechambered and fired, separated those misfires brass to measure later. I still had about 1 or 2 per mag. I also ran 20rds of factory, and all fired/functioned normally. The factory brass length was avg of .890. My problem brass was around .880-.885. I do know this is under specs of .888, (was cut too short years ago). I am starting to think this 1911 does not like short brass, and may cause a headspace issue. This brass has always ran fine in my XD. I have marked this batch of brass to run through my other 45s later to see what happens. Most likely I will probably end up tossing them so they don't get used in the 1911 again. Its not going to hurt my brass supply any.

February 4, 2013, 08:20 PM	#31
whiplash Senior Member Join Date: January 18, 2007 Location: Idaho Posts: 334	Well I finally got to shoot. I still had 50rds of reloads left. Still had misfires. This time on each misfire I noticed light primer strikes and then rechambered and fired, separated those misfires brass to measure later. I still had about 1 or 2 per mag. I also ran 20rds of factory, and all fired/functioned normally. The factory brass length was avg of .890. My problem brass was around .880-.885. I do know this is under specs of .888, (was cut too short years ago). I am starting to think this 1911 does not like short brass, and may cause a headspace issue. This brass has always ran fine in my XD. I have marked this batch of brass to run through my other 45s later to see what happens. Most likely I will probably end up tossing them so they don't get used in the 1911 again. Its not going to hurt my brass supply any.