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COLT COMMANDER 45 ACP
JUSTADUDE2154821
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Recently purchased a well used Colt 45acp shoots great,very accurate, slide is tight, however the ejected brass lands on my forehead 5 out of 7 shots. Ejector looks good but I'm no expert. Any idea's
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Very small pin retains it in the frame. The correct size punch is a must, to get it out without damaging the frame. Even after getting the retaining pin out successfully. The ejector "legs" are a interference fit to the frame. Great care has to be exercised, to get it out without screwing up the alloy frame.
After that your home free. Brownells, sell aftermarket, hardened steel ejectors. That are a drop-in fit. You also don't have to replace the retaining pin. As the slide will retain the ejector in place.
The ejector should be even with it and the angle on the tip should match it.
It helps if the ejection port is lowered [;)]
I'm not sure this was the book I had, but I like his S&W wheel gun book. The gun show book guys should have several you look to see if they cover E&E tuning before buying.
Spare parts on hand before you start tuning is a good plan. It is a lot easier to take more metal off then to put it back on. Firing is the proof it works correctly, not manual ejection.
http://www.amazon.com/U-S-M1911-M1911A1-Pistols-Commercial/dp/B000HEGCQ0/ref=sr_1_6/184-4363821-5738229?ie=UTF8&qid=1414619751&sr=8-6&keywords=1911+book
DCS, the Commander ejector protrudes over the magazine well to make up for the shorter slide travel.
A gunsmith once told me that the main adjustment was to the extractor hook. But when I sent in my gun , the enlarged ejection port had gotten to be important.... For another $40 in his pocket.
Best regards