MiHec H&G #68 question for others shooting it.

[mroliver77]

I love this 6 cav mould! The boolits are gorgeous and shoot very well.

A little glitch I am having is when I eject a loaded round it catches on the ejection port of both my 1911s. One is SA Inc "Loaded" and the other a Colt "Commander". I set oal by using the barrel as a gauage. I load them to where boolit just touches the rifling or headspaces on the boolit if you will. It turns out that both guns use the same oal. I was wondering if anybodyelse has this problem?

I only noticed because we were doing some IDPA shoots and sometimes you have to unchamber a loaded round. Loaded round gets stuck between the bolt face and the front of the ejection port. This only seems to happen when you are on the clock! Would you knowlegeable guys load it a little shorter, live with it or take a few thou out of the front of the ejection port?
Thanky,
Jay

[Dale53]

I have three 1911's (two built up match pistols and a Kimber CDP II with 3" barrel). I seat the bullets so that they headspace on the bullet. Ejection is not a problem on any one of my pistols. The Mihec #68 is my most used bullet for both my 1911's and my Smith 625's.

You might want to check with a good pistolsmith. Mine is Jack Basham of Blue Ash, Ohio (suburb of Cincinnati). A phone call might solve it for you.

FWIW
Dale53

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[Ronbo256]

I relieve the front of the ejection port by .032-.050 with a half inch end mill so my 230 RN will clear, I got tired of jiggling the gun and dropping the round out the bottom of the magwell, plus it's possible to hit the primer with an extended ejector and have a round go off.

[mroliver77]

That is the same problem and solution I was asking about Ronbo.
Jay

[Ronbo256]

Let me tune up my "camera fu" and I'll post a picture of what I did mroliver77.

[Ronbo256]

Here is a thread on a 1911 gunsmithing forum about relieving the ejection port, including a few photos from me.

http://www.1911pro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=754