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March 30, 2024, 12:07 PM | #1 |
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Thoughts requested, continued
I started this new thread to replace the similarly-named one from 3/10/24.
I just got home from the gunsmith with my Browning 1911-380 repaired. To recap briefly, it was jamming by refusing to fully go into battery and failing to fire when it did go into battery, sometimes assisted, and sometimes that was not necessary. He confirmed my experience and reported that the ejector was the problem. It would interfere with the movement of the cartridge from the magazine and cause the failure to go into battery. The final position of the cartridge was improper so the firing pin struck at odd places with insufficient force to ignite the primer. He explained that it was improperly inserted in the first place and two areas had to be slightly filed and polished. Once this was accomplished, 32 factory rounds from 4 different manufacturers were fired without failure. When I finish this, I'm going out to confirm his success at the range! Happy Easter to those who celebrate the occasion! |
March 30, 2024, 01:28 PM | #2 |
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Good luck!
I think there are a lot of folk, like me, that read these posts but don't always comment in them. It is much appreciated when the OP comes back and tells us how things ended up, i.e. 'the rest of the story'. Thanks. |
March 30, 2024, 10:35 PM | #3 |
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Thanks, DaleA, I fired 50 rounds of 95gr., FMJ, with Zero faults. Now I will test my HP handloads.
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March 30, 2024, 10:59 PM | #4 |
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Thank you for the follow-up, Doc. Sounds like you have a competent gunsmith. You are fortunate.
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March 31, 2024, 12:48 PM | #5 |
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Good information! Glad you got your answer to the issue and got 'er fixed up.
I looked at one of these a few years back and liked it - but - I was buying another .380 at the time and didn't want to take another handgun home until I was sure that I was going to like the 380 cartridge (I reload)as I have a variety of other cartridges I reload. I like the cartridge and now have one of the S & W EZ and a Beretta. I've kicked myself mire than once as I liked the Browning and am keeping my eyes open for one. Thanks for the follow up - good info to know and I hope you enjoy it! Happy Easter to all!
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March 31, 2024, 01:23 PM | #6 |
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Sounds like the extractor, not the ejector, was the problem.
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March 31, 2024, 08:05 PM | #7 |
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I tend to agree with Post 6.
OP, it's fairly common for folks to say or type the word "EJECTOR" when really meaning "EXTRACTOR" or the other way around. OP, was it the extractor the gunsmith actually corrected?
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March 31, 2024, 08:07 PM | #8 |
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GREAT catch, Bill. My typo!! It WAS the extractor!!
bedbugbilly, I traded a Beretta for the Browning. From 10 yards I fired at a 12 x 18 BC IPSC Practice Target with 45 rounds with my Kimber .45 ACP and 16 from the Browning .380-1911. Of the 61 rounds, 2 were in the head A zone and 3 in the B. Of 56 in the "body," 54 were in the A ring with 49 measuring 1.4". Only 2 rounds were out of the body A ring. Even the gunsmith commented after testing 32 rounds, "That is an accurate gun." |
April 1, 2024, 09:31 PM | #9 | |
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Glad to hear that yours is running well now. Enjoy! Frank |
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April 2, 2024, 12:24 AM | #10 |
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The compact version of the Browning 1911-380 is very close in size to the old Colt Government 380. I believe it would make a dandy carry pistol.
https://ezine.m1911.org//showthread....80-Black-Label
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April 2, 2024, 08:20 AM | #11 |
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I have the Rock Island Armory BBR, a tiny little .380 1911. The biggest issue I have with it is the distance from backstrap to trigger face is so short I have to use the pad of the second joint of my finger to keep from pulling all shots to the left.
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April 2, 2024, 02:53 PM | #12 |
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The Rock Island .380 is pretty much a remake of the Llama .380. The grip angle is very different from the Brownings and most other 1911-ish .380s, which are generally versions of the Star design.
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April 2, 2024, 03:06 PM | #13 |
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Yes, the Colt is pretty close to the Browning.
Bought mine in 1987. It has less than 50 rounds through the pipe and is 100% finish - still have the box & papers. https://thefiringline.com/forums/att...6&d=1678760464 Last edited by Armybrat; April 2, 2024 at 03:17 PM. |
April 3, 2024, 04:59 AM | #14 |
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Thus might be a good place to mention that though the ejectors in the Browning 1911-380 and 1911-22 are different, the 380 ejector continues to work fine when running a .22 slide assembly on the 380 frame.
Some 380 ejectors being too long is a known problem with the Brownings. Last edited by JimCunn; April 3, 2024 at 05:05 AM. |
April 4, 2024, 03:43 PM | #15 |
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I tested my hand loads today, 16 rounds with 95gr HP, 4.0gr CFE-Pistol, Winchester SPP, OAL 0.950". No problems at all until I reached the last round in both magazines. The bolt did not eject case #7; it was stuck halfway back, and looked like it was stopped by the tip of cartridge #8 angled upward. I cleared it, put only 2 rounds in both mags and fired both without any jam.
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