First trip to the range with my GSG 1911: Problems Ensued

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Well, a few days ago I brought my brand new GSG 1911 to the range for the first time and I had quite a few malfunctions. They were all failure to feeds, except for one stove-pipe which I will ignore for now.

Basically what happened repeatedly was, I would be firing and then hear a "click". I assumed I had a faulty round and did a tap + rack to remedy the stoppage. After doing this a few times, I started to notice the gun was not actually ejecting a round when I racked the slide, after what I believed to be a dud round. The next time I got a stoppage, I removed the magazine before racking the slide and I discovered that there actually wasn't a round in the chamber, just like I thought. At the moment I am not going to jump to conclusions because I would like to try different ammo first. I was using Federal blue box which I believe has somewhere around 1250 fps out of the muzzle. I have heard the GSG 1911 should be using ammo with around 1400 fps out of the muzzle to function properly so I would like to test this first.

My question is, if it turns out to be the ammo causing the malfunctions, is it safe for the gun to shoot the rest of my junk ammo? I'm just wondering because I heard dry firing a rimfire can damage it and well... I am technically dry firing when I get these stoppages. If not, well I guess that teaches me not to buy close to 1600 rounds before testing the ammo.

Thanks in advance guys.
 
Try different ammo to break the gun in. After a brick or two it should run fine with just about anything. Mine runs pretty well with blazer bulk packs.

Also keep the gun well lubed/oily
 
Here's some tips:

- use oil instead of grease. not sure why it likes oil better but it just does
- use some CCI Mini-mags to "break it in", maybe for the first few hundred rounds. Those has a bit more ommph to them and helps with cycling the slide
- make sure you got a good grip on the gun. I know it's a .22 but limp-wristing could've caused the slide to not cycle back enough to eject the brass

I've always used those Federal bulk 525 round pack and they've been pretty good. I believe those are rated at 1340 fps.
 
My GSG works great with Winchester 333 and 555 packs and it's supposed to be a 36gr bullet at 1280fps. Federal plated 525 pack worked great too.
 
Mine works great with the blue feds and just about any thing i put in it did you clean it before you shot it just asking there good guns my freind has one too.
 
Hello Artilery92,

You may wish to try disassembling the firearm and cleaning it before your next trip to the range. Ensure that everything is re-assembled correctly and the recoil spring is installed the right way. I may also suggest trying another box of ammunition as to eliminate any other possible causes for the issues. If this does not solve your problems please feel free to call, email or PM us and we will do everything that we can to ensure this problem is fixed. I have had great success with the federal 525 bulk packs in my personal GSG 1911 so I am hoping it is a case of a bad box of ammunition or a need for a thorough cleaning. Let us know what we can do to help.

Best Regards,
Ryan
 
Bonjour43ma said:
- make sure you got a good grip on the gun. I know it's a .22 but limp-wristing could've caused the slide to not cycle back enough to eject the brass
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>90% of the fail to feed, or partial ejecitons on my S&W 41 are due to not holding the gun "tight" enough - if I start relaxing and not keeping a stiff wrist, the slide won't cycle properly and it'll do exactly what you are experiencing.

Faster ammo during break in will also help.
 
Blue Line said:
Hello Artilery92,

You may wish to try disassembling the firearm and cleaning it before your next trip to the range. Ensure that everything is re-assembled correctly and the recoil spring is installed the right way. I may also suggest trying another box of ammunition as to eliminate any other possible causes for the issues. If this does not solve your problems please feel free to call, email or PM us and we will do everything that we can to ensure this problem is fixed. I have had great success with the federal 525 bulk packs in my personal GSG 1911 so I am hoping it is a case of a bad box of ammunition or a need for a thorough cleaning. Let us know what we can do to help.

Best Regards,
Ryan
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This is what solved my problem. A good cleaning and lube job.
 
I disassembled the gun, removed all of the factory grease and oiled it up before my first trip to the range. I have already cleaned it since my last trip to the range just so it would be good to go for more testing. As far as the grip goes, I tend to always have a tight grip on any gun I am firing so I highly doubt it's what caused the failures, but I will pay attention my grip tomorrow when I take it back to the range. I will try some new ammo tomorrow and if I don't get any new stoppages, I will revert back to my federal bulk packs to see if I can get my gun to jam just to make sure it's the ammo.

Blue Line, is there a certain way to put the recoil spring in? From what I remember it looks the same on either side.

Thank you everyone, you have been a great help.
 
Artilery92 said:
I disassembled the gun, removed all of the factory grease and oiled it up before my first trip to the range. I have already cleaned it since my last trip to the range just so it would be good to go for more testing. As far as the grip goes, I tend to always have a tight grip on any gun I am firing so I highly doubt it's what caused the failures, but I will pay attention my grip tomorrow when I take it back to the range. I will try some new ammo tomorrow and if I don't get any new stoppages, I will revert back to my federal bulk packs to see if I can get my gun to jam just to make sure it's the ammo.

Blue Line, is there a certain way to put the recoil spring in? From what I remember it looks the same on either side.

Thank you everyone, you have been a great help.
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I believe the 1st and 2nd gen GSGs have a cone-shaped recoil spring, and you're supposed to put the tighter end into the guide rod first. 3rd gen and onwards have recoil spring that are straight so it doesn't matter which end you put in first.
 
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