1911 first round nose dive / mag issue?

[pilgrim]

hi Alex, have you solved the problem? Is the EGW higher mag catch a real cure for the nose dive?

 

[sevoman]

Just a few thoughts.I have a STI Spartan 9mm and it is extremely reliable with Tripp,Wilson or Chip MCCormack mags,all 10 rounders.Ive put about 2K through it and it has never had a feeding malfunction(some extraction failures from a crappy factory extractor,but I cured that with a AFTEC extractor).

9mm 1911s notoriously like the ammo to be loaded long,I load my rounds to 1.165 and Campro and Berrys work just fine.I stick with round nose bullets as I have read that 9mm 1911s can be fussy with flat profiled bullets.

Awhile back I had a (45)STI Trojan which would nose dive all the time,I got a EGW elevated mag catch and this really helped,so this would be a thought as mentioned above.

 

[pilgrim]

I just received 10mm 10 rounds Tripp Recerch Cobra System mags for my STI Trojan in .40S&W.
They work with .40 loaded to 1.175 well up to 7 rounds in the mag. As soon as I load 8+, the problems comes in. The second round from the top sits at angle and this causes the problem (see the pictures in post 1 - I have the same problem, which is common).

So, the question: what to do? change the bullet? My STI Edge Match ammo with 180 RS works great in the Edge and very accurate in Trojan (works reliably in Cobra mags loaded up to 7).

 

[juancarlos]

hi Alex, have you solved the problem? Is the EGW higher mag catch a real cure for the nose dive?

Worked for mine in 9mm. I have another friend that also made this modification and it alleviated the same thing in his as well. Both of us use Tripps.

 

[tictactician]

+ 1 on the EGW mag catch it helped with nose diving with Cobra system magazines when used in my Delta Elite didn't need it for my Omega 6.

 

[Dietz]

I'd get a Glock and see if it still happens.

 

[pilgrim]

Glocks suck you know, right