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Excaliber wrote:

AndyC wrote:Sounds like a classic 3-point jam - now I'm wondering if it's riding the link instead of the lower lugs, which might explain why it will only work reliably with some magazines with a different profile.

Basically the slide-stop cross-pin is meant to bear upward against the lower lugs in the locked position and stay in contact all the way through the unlocking cycle to end up bearing against the front of the lower lugs. If it doesn't, and is instead 'riding on the link', there are a few cheap options to try:

1. Shorter barrel link, about 3-thou' shorter
2. Alternatively, elongate the hole in the link slightly (in its upper side closest to the lower lugs) with a file - delicate work. Does the same thing as option 1 but with looser tolerances.

Andy, thanks very much for the suggestion - you may very well be right. That's one thing I hadn't thought of, but I'm out of patience with this thing.

I'm going to trade it tomorrow for something else.

I'm considering a Springfield Range Officer Champion, and I'm really liking a Dan Wesson Valkyrie Commander for everything except the price. With everything I spent trying to get the Ruger to work, I would have been well on the way to that Dan Wesson by now.

AndyC wrote:

rotor wrote:I was seriously thinking about getting a 1911 but you guys are frightening me away. You have to care and feed them like pampered children.

You're reading about the few with issues, that's all.

Bear in mind a 1911 is like a PC and is built by anyone - and can be machined/ assembled poorly.