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Old August 5, 2012, 12:07 PM   #16
Lost Sheep
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Shoot the dummy round.

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Originally Posted by 1stmar
Might be worth making a dummy round, no powder or primer and seat the bullet deeper. Then see if you can still replicate it by hand. How old are the mag springs? You have any new ones around? I don't see how it could be the recoil spring. Another suggestion, go to the 1911 forum and post it, there are a lot of gunsmiths there they may have some ideas.
Not necessary to replicate by hand. The dummy round will feed or not feed. Firing the chambered final round is not part of the problem.

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