BigNick73

I picked up a 238 HD and went and shot it today mix of magtech FMJ, PMC FMJ, Rem golden sabers, and Fed Hydroshocks. The damn thing either throws the brass at my head or 4-5' straight up, or less than 6" to the side. The extractor has 27oz on it using 9mm guage (yeah i know there a hundreth of an inch difference but it should be close enough). I called sig the rep claimed it was "illegal" to tell me what the correct tension is supposed to be, after I heard him mumble "I dont have a clue". Now they want me to send it back which I don't want to go through that hassle rather fix it myself. Also had a couple of FTF where the extractor was behind the round. Any idea what the tension is supposed to be? It'd be fine for a .45 but I assuming it should be less for a much lighter round.

http://www.uspsa.org/mr/summary.php?year=2010&match=09_19&local=1&clubid=LA03&uspsa=A69314 That's me, only shot 1 match so far. Hope the link works posting from my phone offshore. just realized that one doesn't say single stack but this one does http://www.uspsa.org/mr/stage_display.php?local=1&clubid=LA03&year=2010&match=09_19&dir=Single_Stack&file=Pistol_Finals.dat I came in 5th

Measured ammo .470 and 1.265 OAL Stripped and cleaned the extractor tube was filthy all kinds of trash fell out when I shoved a rod through it, took the rest down, spent a hour figuring out why it wouldn't cock again (sear spring in wrong spot). Going to replace the spring and should be good to go

Thanks. I "clean" it after every trip as in field strip and spray/brush out the barrel slide etc and lube, haven't torn it all the way down but will do that next and really scrub it. I'll check the ammo I just started reloading, shot 500-600 rounds or so of the current setup and this was the first time I'd had any problems with it. Mags are a mix of Taurus, SA, and CM. They've all fed reliably in both guns until now. I'm gonna go ahead and replace the recoil spring since it's a well worn PT1911 so I'm not fretting over it, just want it to go bang.

Shot a match this weekend and had a couple of jams where it failed to completely cycle the next round into the chamber, all 3 times it was half way in. I bought the gun used so no idea of round count so figure a spring change is in order. Some of the kits I've seen come with a 3 prong sear spring and was wondering 1. if it requires fitting and 2. what can I do to see if I even need to bother changing that one. Also I shoot a 230gn RN with 4.5gn bullseye 16# or 18/18.5# recoil spring?

1965 Colt Gold Cup Taurus that I shot the match with