So I picked up a gently used Citadel 1911 Officer from NW armory about a month ago. 2 weeks ago I went to the range with 2 ACT mags and 3 generic mags from Joe's Magmania (nice mags...look like Kimber seconds). All the mags would feed FMJ pretty well although I had 3 FTF (failure to feed...not fire) with the round nose diving and jamming up.
Also was having a few issues with returning to battery after a round was fired. A slap on the mag base would cure it...so I started researching it.
I replaced the recoil spring with a Wolff 24# unit and bought 3 Chip McCormick Match Grade Magazines. I went to the range on Friday.
All of the magazines feed ball perfectly with no FTF or FTE at all. The Citadel will also now feed "certain" JHP in Corbon DPX and Speer Gold Dot.
Very happy with this gently used Citadel ($399!) and glad THIS time the web's directives were spot on - change the mags and the recoil spring.
Also was having a few issues with returning to battery after a round was fired. A slap on the mag base would cure it...so I started researching it.
I replaced the recoil spring with a Wolff 24# unit and bought 3 Chip McCormick Match Grade Magazines. I went to the range on Friday.
All of the magazines feed ball perfectly with no FTF or FTE at all. The Citadel will also now feed "certain" JHP in Corbon DPX and Speer Gold Dot.
Very happy with this gently used Citadel ($399!) and glad THIS time the web's directives were spot on - change the mags and the recoil spring.