1911 jammed open with round in chamber

[Allaemer245]

OP, is it only the casing that is stuck? Was the primer struck and the projectile fired down the barrel? Does the extractor still have a hold of the rim? What brand of ammo? Another member on this forum recently had a similar problem. The Winchester 9mm round didn't have a flash hole so when the primer popped it rammed the round into the barrel.

Come to think of it, it was VERY stuck to begin with.

 

[RobertMcC]

Come to think of it, it was VERY stuck to begin with.

Only way its coming apart is force now. Cant get the slide stop out to separate the top end from the frame, extractor is away from the case. Cannot take the barrel bushing and spring out because the 1PC guide rod.

ALL ya can do is bang it hard on the corner of the bench. or use a 2x4 hammer.

 

[silverfoxdj]

Guess we are going to see how tough this gun is real soon now..

 

[gnmontey]

Is the safety off?

M

 

[RobertMcC]

Is the safety off?

M

Slide partially back, wouldn't be able to be engaged.


Is the hammer cocked, maybe the primer if it blew up jammed up the hammer/sear.

 

[Kevin M.]

I'd go ahead and contact the dealer very soon.

Handloads or factory ammo?

 

[Allaemer245]

Factory Winchester white box 147gr, no hand loads fired through it. 6 rounds total

 

[Trinimon]

Humm, two handgun failures using Winchester white box in one week. I wonder if it's a similar issue like the other CGNer.

 

[Greenhorse six]

broken link or link pin , contact the seller.
The slide won't move forward at all ?

 

[MusicianShooter]

Has anyone sprayed rounds with WD40 to kill the primer?

 

[frierags]

I had a Norinco 1911 do the same thing to me. It turned out to have a barrel link that was the wrong size. I returned it to the dealer and they replaced my pistol. Apparently this happens with Norincos from time to time.

 

[Greenhorse six]

Milk and cookies keeping me awake , try pushing down on the hood of the barrel , even give a few light taps with something , if the barrel link is the problem it's not letting the barrel lugs fully disengage from the slide holding it in place.

 

[ChiliDawg]

I second putting the edge of the barrel against a table and ramming it forward. Sometimes it takes a lot of force. Just happened to me last week. I had a too fat 45 stuck in the barrel.

 

[johnsks]

seen this a couple of times the barrel link was broken, the broken links were #3 ended up switching to #5 the primer gets hit to the outer edge but the links stopped breaking

 

[tgt40]

Barrel link, lower lugs, slide stop, could be a few different things and I agree that a lot of force is needed here and the table remedy is top of the list. Good luck!

 

[plinker 777]

get a friend and put the thing muzzle down in a vice. The table edge works, but a vice with jaws open just so gives you two edges to work on. Have your friend hold the gun on the vice, get a 2x4 and a hammer. put the 2x4 on the frame and hit the 2x4 with the hammer smartly and with force. Driving the frame down through the vice and having the vice hold the slide. If the round is live. take the firing pin out.

 

[RobertMcC]

get a friend and put the thing muzzle down in a vice. The table edge works, but a vice with jaws open just so gives you two edges to work on. Have your friend hold the gun on the vice, get a 2x4 and a hammer. put the 2x4 on the frame and hit the 2x4 with the hammer smartly and with force. Driving the frame down through the vice and having the vice hold the slide. If the round is live. take the firing pin out.

Last night I attempted to try and to see if its possible. Its not PLUS you need to push in the firing pin which would if was a live round pierce the primer.

 

[LouF]

Let us know what happened....

 

[Allaemer245]

broken link or link pin , contact the seller.
The slide won't move forward at all ?

The slide won't move forwards or backwards at all, regardless of force used. Leads me to believe you're correct

 

[silverfoxdj]

Hmm is there a local gunsmith you can take it to?