Troubleshoot this one.

John Travis

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Study this photo and tell me what's happened. It's a little hard to see because of photobucket's logo, so look close.

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I don't have an answer, obviously, I just wanted to say I'm finding these troubleshooting threads very interesting! lol. I'm learning some things.
 
I've seen this one many times under my nose. It's a bolt-over-base mis-feed caused by a weak mag spring. And I think maybe a follower with no dimple is involved? Mine sure gave me fits when I used the wrong magazines.
 
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Is hard to see. Can't tell if that is a loaded round or an empty case. Looks like it ha sflipped over and trying to shove the back of the case into the chamber. Also looks like a piece of spring sticking up on this side. Did the follower break?
 
Bolt-over-base.

Exactly.

A guy brought a LW Commander to me that was doing this...this isn't the gun, but the misfeed was the same...and it always happened on the last round. He was about to go at the feed ramp with a Dremel.

I went to pull the slide back, and...whoa! I asked him what in the blue bloody hell kinda spring he had in it.

22 pounds. You know...to save the frame.

"And unless I miss my guess, this problem started right after the spring change."

"Uh, yeah."

"And it never occurred to you that the spring was causing the problem."

*crickets*

I clipped a standard 32-turn 16-pound "Government Model" spring down to 24 turns...installed it in the gun...and the problem magically disappeared.

That spring trick only works on true Commander-length guns...4.25 inches...with standard recoil systems. Bushingless, reverse plug setups need not apply.
 
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