Salutations. This is my first time on any type of gun forum, and I am some what new to firearms. I mean I know how to shoot, disassemble, reassemble, clean, and other basic things but I do not quite understand most of the technical stuff. But I just got a Remington 1911 R1. It cost me about $700 and I just picked it up yesterday. Brand new, out the box I took it to the range today and it went sour really fast. After the end of every clip, the last or second to last bullet would get jammed in the chamber. I pull the slide back and I see it lodged in there and I do not know why it won't shoot? Sometimes it wouldn't even go in the chamber, it's stuck between the bullet after it and the slide and it is a PAIN to get out. The people at the range said its most likely a magazine issue but they were kind of preoccupied as well so I don't know how much thought they put into it. But I just wanted to get more opinions because I just got it and I don't want to have to send it to Remington and wait another week to get it back. But when it did work, it shot nicely, I had no issue with that. Can anyone help me out? What should I do?

-Trus

Sorry to hear that you are having issues with your 1911R1. Have you by any chance tried or will be able to try other magazines to see if you can see if that is your issue? It sounds a lot like a magazine issue but as I am sure you are aware there are other things that it could be. Keep us updated.

You’re not the only one. I have shot a little over 500 rounds through my M1911-R1 before this issue stated to present itself. The last couple of times at the range, I have had FTF's on the last round in both magazines. I have cleaned and oiled the magazines since time at the range. The next time at the range, I am going to pay closer attention to my grip to eliminate "limp wrist" as the problem. Input from other M1911-R1 owners on this issue would be appreciated.

When cleaning the magazine, look for burrs or spots inside the magazine where the follower is rubbing. High spots can be burnished along with removing burrs.

Hello All R1 owners:

I, too, purchased a Remington 1911 R1 about 4 months ago. It is a beautiful gun but I also experienced FTF.
I contacted Remington and the company quickly sent me two new magazines. Unfortunately, the FTF problem continued.

I tried different types of ammo, and the only ammo that fired successfully was the Remington 45 ACP brand.
But, trying to find a specific type of ammo like Remington proved to be a challenge in itself. I finally decided to send the gun back to Remington (free shipping).

They changed three parts including the slide. The also noted that there were some burrs and scratches around the feeding ramp.

This Saturday (Oct 5), I'll head to the range for a test. We'll see how it performs.

If you're having FTF problems with the gun, I say just send it back for warranty work.

Which parts?

Welcome to the Remington Owners Forum !!

Let us know how you make out...

Do you know which other parts replaced and how did it shoot?

Sounds like a magazine problem. Or limp wrist, (or a combination of both).
If there are marks on the "feed ramp" you could polish it a bit and see if that helps.
Hope you get it straightened out. I've been lucky with mine. No problems what ever.
Good luck!

If "FTF" means "Failure To Feed" does that mean a failure to fully chamber?

Or is it "Failure to Fire" on a fully chambered round?

I can think of several initial GUESSES:

A short barrel leade or chamber throat resulting in the bullets ogive (nose curvature) contacting the lands of the rifling before the slide comes into full battery. Different ammo, different bullet profile curve, some will contact the lands and don't. 1911s "generally" have very short leade measurements. Fat bullets hit the lands and stop slide momentum before the gun comes fully into battery.

A badly tuned/adjusted extractor that doesn't allow some rounds to slip and slide up under and into the extractor hook. Thus causing an incompletely chambered round.

Believe it or not, a correct 1911 DOES NOT need a mirror polished feed ramp. That is a myth. The bullet nose actually needs to be delayed by the feed ramp so that it leaves the magazine feed lips and jumps into the chamber opening at the optimum moment and angle, and a mirror polish was never designed into the gun. Gunsmiths who try that are not doing people any favors.

If you can shoot some 230-gr ball ammo using a GI feed lip magazine it would tell me a lot about what is maybe going wrong. Are your magazines Wadcutter, or Hybrid, or USGI feed lips?

But I again come back to, "What is FTF?"