springfield 1911 a1 slow returning to battery

**wayneadk** · April 11th, 2010, 07:32 PM

was out today doing a little plinking and noticed the slide was slow returning to battery not every round though. think its just time to do a little cleaning? or maby time to replace the recoil spring

**FUNDAMENTALS** · April 12th, 2010, 10:36 AM

Need to detail strip and perform a complete cleaning of upper and lower.
Make sure you have properly lubricated the the slide rails. If the problem
does not clear up a new recoil spring could be the answer IMO.

**inthedark** · April 16th, 2010, 11:55 PM

A good cleaning is in order but you never said what kind of ammunition you were firing. And if you were firing the same ammunition the last time you fired. Could be that. Just a thought.

**wayneadk** · April 18th, 2010, 06:55 PM

thanks for the advice guys
i gave it a good cleaning and lube and took it out and put about a box & halve of factory rounds thru it and it acted much better as far as the slide returning to battery. but a few times on the last round out of the mag. the shells would get caught lengthwise in the eject port
the mag is a wilson combat eight round but i've put 5-8 hund.rounds thru it
could it still be a recoil spring problem?
thanks again
wayneadk