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wow, thanks for explaining that. I have never noticed that before, but now it makes perfect sense and I can visually see it happening. I have a few 1911's and learn a little more about them every day. I think you could spend years looking at these guns and still not get every little mechanical nuance. Info like this is what makes this forum so great. Thanks caspian

"The stack can't start to move until the rail on the bottom of the slide comes clear of the top bullet in the stack, once that happens the slide continues to move rearward for a short distance before it bottoms out and starts moving forward." --caspian guy Thanks, i was under the impression that once the top round is stripped out on its way into the chamber, the next one was already on its way up. I didn't realize that the next round stays down in the mag until the slide passes back over it in its rearward travel. Just does not make sense to me. I realize that it prob. takes longer on double stacks, but is this a problem that happens often? just trying to picture what part of the gun keeps the next round down until the slide goes forward and then back again.

Only thing i really don't understand or agree with (could just possibly be from lack of understanding) is why you want that slide to stay open for so long. Seems to me you would only want it to stay open long enough to safely eject the casing (not come back and catch it) Your reasoning in the video was that if it came forward too quickly the next round would not have had enough time to rise up into the ready position to be stripped from the magazine, and that the slide would pass over it, but the way I understand it (or at least how it seems to work in my guns) is that the next round rises into position the instant that the one above it is stripped and would already be in position by the time that the round was chambered and definitely before the round could go off, and slide make it's rearward trip and then start forward. Could you please explain this a little better. I'm just learning and trying to understand all the info this forum provides.

too bad you are not in aynor, I can get you all the wild hogs you want there. lol. but they are not the best for cooking whole because you cant scrape them very well. If you get interested in that down the road, please let me know. i'm always looking for someone who wants some pork.

welcome to the forum. I lived in Pickens (actually Pumpkintown) for the past 23 years but now live at the coast. Still have some buddies in the upstate who shoot at the SKIP J range in Anderson and seem to like it pretty good (IDPA if i recall correctly) He also goes to Newberry occasionally one night during the week to shoot at bowling pins. I'll try to talk to him and see exactly where its at. Happy Shooting

Just got a Taurus PT 1911 in 9mm and was going through it checking the quality and tightness/fit of some of the parts. I came to my barrel link and noticed quite a bit of side to side play in it. Pulled out my Springfield .45 and it has very little movement side to side. (that is to say if you press on the flat edges of the link) Main question is: Is this normal for a lower end 1911 and will this have any effect on accuracy. I know i need to replace my bushing, but what about this link?