1911 Feeding issues, Seeking Advice

[island]

Hi All:

I know it's been said that in general some 1911's don't much like to feed anything other than round-nose bullets, and indeed this appear to be true. I can get flat-points to feed *fairly* reliable, same with JHPs, but metal-coated wad-cutters are a definite no-go.

I understand this is something to do with the feed configuration on the particular 1911 - is it something that can be improved? For example, I'd like to get my Norinco 1911A1 to reliably feed at least flat-points, even if it'll never eat WC's reliably.

Thoughts?

 

[Hitzy]

You can spend hundreds of dollars and have a ramped barrel fit......
Or send it to a pistol smith to have the ramp polished, but that still won't guuarantee 100% reliability with anything other than FMJ's.
Best thing to do is feed it what it was designed for.

 

[Frozen Snake]

I agree with Hitzy. I only feed round nose through my 45 never had an issue. Wadcutters look good on paper. But a jammed up gun eats up time at the range.