When she was 12 I told her that if she would try it again and didn't like it, I'd never bring it up again. She became so recoil shy of it the gun became more wild with ever retelling of the story. 45 wasn't to much more so I let her fire it. She's a tall girl and at 9, was as tall as most 12 year olds so, I figured the. Anyway I figured it was worth sharing.įunny story, I was teaching my daughter to shoot mu 1911 about then and she was very good with a 9mm. Before that I polished the frame and the feed ramp area on the barrel and a few things I don't remember any more. I stripped the slide and then feed the round out into an empty slide so I could see what was happening. Over a couple months it was obvious I had a problem. So the top 2 rounds got fed and ejected a couple times a week. When I reloaded it, I'd rack the slide, drop the mag and put the round from my pocket in the mag. I would drop the mag, cycle the slide and then put the top round in my pocket. Also with 230g FMJ, bullets, it feeds fine but it was cramming HP's back in the case. With only 7, they top round doesn't tip down as far. I did keep them but I only put 7 rounds in them now. Otherwise the structural integrity of the pistol will be compromised. 246' from the top of the ramp to the VIS. The barrel bed itself must not under any circumstances measure less than. It all depends on other dimensions within the pistol. The longer the ramp, the better but often a ramp that is. 400' which is just about at the bottom of the frame cut out for the slide stop. Ideally, the ramp should extend from the top of the frame rails downward. In addition to the correct angle the frame feed ramp must extend far enough down into the frame to make contact with cartridges that nose dive. Not too much, not too little, just right. The Goldilocks Principle is in play here. Not steep enough and cartridges may escape the magazine due to inertia. Unlike most of the dimensions for the pistol, the feed ramp angle has no +/- tolerance. The image below shows the correct angle of the feed ramp as specified by John Browning.

Specifically, the feed ramp angle and/or the ramp depth are not correct. While one or more of these may fix the issue none of them address the underlying problem which is most often due to geometry problems with the frame feed ramp. Many folks will suggest switching magazines, switching ammo, checking the slide stop for bullet contact, or replacing the magazine catch with an EGW Higher mag catch.

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