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**MikeS.** · 06-07-2007, 10:30 PM

Posting this here because it a mod 1911 variant.

Have 1 of these and last week when shooting it I was having problems with the empties not ejecting. They didn't stovepipe but hung up in line with the barrel.

I was firing some mid power level fully jacketed reloads. They work fine in my revolvers and lever action. They have worked fine in the Coonan in the past.

I know the 1911 has an extractor and it looks to be in good shape. Is there an ejector as well? I sure don't see one in there.

Any ideas or things I should look at?

Thanks,

monsterdawg725 · 06-08-2007, 06:19 AM

what types of other loads have you shot in it ? was that the only ammo youve tried?does the gun need a good cleaning? check your magazine too as that could be a problem if its a bad mag.

**MikeS.** · 06-08-2007, 08:20 AM

I'll go out today and try out some different loads. I bought a couple boxes of factory ammo to try. I'll also try my other mags with my reloads.

It is clean.

Thanks,

aiformula · 06-08-2007, 08:50 AM

maybe a little gun grease on the rails to let it cycle better? My HK fails like this only when the slide gets dry.

Heathen-Yak · 06-08-2007, 10:46 AM

I've talked with a couple smiths about the coonans and they all have said that .357 is a bitch to get to work in a semi-auto. If you're getting some gunk build up in the chamber it would drag enough on extraction to not eject. Clean it, try some different rounds, report back please

**MikeS.** · 06-13-2007, 07:50 PM

It doesn't like the reloads, worked just fine with some Remington JSPs and WWB JHPs.

jtkratzer · 06-13-2007, 07:54 PM

good to hear it's not the gun, sounds like the only thing you need is a new recipe.

Heathen-Yak · 06-14-2007, 12:23 PM

if you decide it's not worth your trouble, i would be happy to take it off your hands

06-07-2007, 10:30 PM	#1
MikeS. XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Far Eastern West Virgina Posts: 354	Coonan .357 magnum Posting this here because it a mod 1911 variant. Have 1 of these and last week when shooting it I was having problems with the empties not ejecting. They didn't stovepipe but hung up in line with the barrel. I was firing some mid power level fully jacketed reloads. They work fine in my revolvers and lever action. They have worked fine in the Coonan in the past. I know the 1911 has an extractor and it looks to be in good shape. Is there an ejector as well? I sure don't see one in there. Any ideas or things I should look at? Thanks, __________________ MikeS. Escaped from Kalifornia in 1998.

06-08-2007, 06:19 AM	#2
monsterdawg725 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: chattanooga area TN Posts: 703	what types of other loads have you shot in it ? was that the only ammo youve tried?does the gun need a good cleaning? check your magazine too as that could be a problem if its a bad mag. __________________ well hell yes its dangerous if it wasnt i wouldnt have no need to carry it ! XD-9 sc bi-tone , ,Keltec p3aT,,Glock 19 9mm , Glock 23 40 s&w, Sig Mosquito 22 . surefire g2,Streamlite Thunder Ranch tl2 ,Streamlight Scorpion Glock tac light.

06-08-2007, 08:20 AM	#3
MikeS. XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Far Eastern West Virgina Posts: 354	I'll go out today and try out some different loads. I bought a couple boxes of factory ammo to try. I'll also try my other mags with my reloads. It is clean. Thanks, __________________ MikeS. Escaped from Kalifornia in 1998.

06-08-2007, 08:50 AM	#4
aiformula XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sw ohio Posts: 3,087	maybe a little gun grease on the rails to let it cycle better? My HK fails like this only when the slide gets dry. __________________ Tony Obama '08... change we can bereave in. Guns are like orgasms.......you just can't have enough good ones!

06-13-2007, 07:50 PM	#6
MikeS. XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Far Eastern West Virgina Posts: 354	It doesn't like the reloads, worked just fine with some Remington JSPs and WWB JHPs. __________________ MikeS. Escaped from Kalifornia in 1998.

06-08-2007, 10:46 AM	#5
Heathen-Yak XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 497	I've talked with a couple smiths about the coonans and they all have said that .357 is a bitch to get to work in a semi-auto. If you're getting some gunk build up in the chamber it would drag enough on extraction to not eject. Clean it, try some different rounds, report back please

06-13-2007, 07:54 PM	#7
jtkratzer XDTalk 15K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancaster Co., PA Posts: 17,478	good to hear it's not the gun, sounds like the only thing you need is a new recipe.

06-14-2007, 12:23 PM	#8
Heathen-Yak XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 497	if you decide it's not worth your trouble, i would be happy to take it off your hands

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