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Old March 9, 2006, 02:23 PM   #1
Mike40-11
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Dented 1911 cases

Have a 1911 .45 It's an AMT (yes, I know), but actually runs quite well after a little work. Hasn't had a functional problem in the last thousand or so rounds.

I do notice though, that almost (but not quite) every case popped out has a small dent in it about 1/3 of the way up from the rim. My guess is that it's walloping the case with the slide and/or barrel hood on ejection but I've never, not once, had a stovepipe. If I had a high speed video camera....

I don't have an immense amount of experience with 1911's but the recoil spring seemed pretty stiff to me and I thought that might be contributing. Replaced it (and the rest) with a Wolff kit. Standard 18 lb recoil spring. Didn't notice any difference in feel or in the case mashing.

This may or may not be a problem, but I'd rather not reload banged up cases.

Any thoughts?
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