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I have an ATI Officer's model stainless 1911. I know. I know. It was a pity purchase from a friend who needed money. Amazingly enough, that thing was more accurate than it had any right to be. I actually enjoyed shooting it. The other day I was at the range shooting some of my own reloads when the gun stopped because the slide AND THE BARREL both came backward and jammed up the pistol. It was tight. I couldn't push them back forward, nor even drop the magazine. Everything was locked.
At home I removed the magazine baseplate and removed the spring, follower, and all live rounds still in the gun. I placed the nose of the dust cover on a wooden block and beat the back of the slide with a nylon hammer until it finally came off the frame. Turns out the lug on the bottom of the barrel that holds the camming link had broken off of the barrel. Has anyone ever seen this before?
I am a very careful reloader, looking into each case to check the powder charge. The recoil and report did not seem unusual, other than the strange feel when both barrel and slide came way too far backward.
A call to ATI got me a new barrel for a Titan, but it didn't fit. This gun is an older design. I sent the whole gun in to them. Still waiting for a diagnosis and prognosis. I don't know yet if they even have a new barrel to fit this gun. I hope so. I kinda liked that POS.
At home I removed the magazine baseplate and removed the spring, follower, and all live rounds still in the gun. I placed the nose of the dust cover on a wooden block and beat the back of the slide with a nylon hammer until it finally came off the frame. Turns out the lug on the bottom of the barrel that holds the camming link had broken off of the barrel. Has anyone ever seen this before?
I am a very careful reloader, looking into each case to check the powder charge. The recoil and report did not seem unusual, other than the strange feel when both barrel and slide came way too far backward.
A call to ATI got me a new barrel for a Titan, but it didn't fit. This gun is an older design. I sent the whole gun in to them. Still waiting for a diagnosis and prognosis. I don't know yet if they even have a new barrel to fit this gun. I hope so. I kinda liked that POS.