Ejection port angle on 1911 slide

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Retrieved: November 17, 2011
Last Post: March 14, 2007

TimeToShoot
March 14, 2007

At the risk of gettin' yahooed out of here for something thats probably common knowledge... if you were to lower the ejection port on your pet 1911, at what angle would you cut the inside bevel to make it "run right" as the Tuner is fond of saying.


1911Tuner
March 14, 2007

The angle isn't critical. It's mainly there to break the sharp corner and clean up the port wall rather than act as a guide for the empties, though it does provide a little more clearance. If the gun is "Runnin' Right," lowering the port isn't necessary either. If the cases eject at 2:00 like they should, they should miss the lower wall. The trick is to get it to eject dead on at 2:00 which isn't all that easy sometimes... so the port is lowered to keep from makin' the "V" ding in the case. BUT... If the ejection angle is straight out at 3:00 it'll do it anyway.


TimeToShoot
March 14, 2007

Thanks Tuner! I'll go ahead and knock of the sharp inside edge with the mill so's she'll at least look good!


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