Hello!
I have a GSG 1911-22 that I've done the "Grandmaster" upgrade to.
Over the course of shooting a 10 round mag, I will have one or two failure-to-detonates.
I'm convinced that it's in battery fully, so it feels like a light primer strike situation. If I thumb back the hammer and fire again, it will ignite 99 times out of 100 at that point.
Ammo: I generally feed it Thunderbolts - partly because I have LOTS of them and partly because they feed perfectly in this gun. They also ignite 100% of the time in my other .22 guns.
So while this may be a case of needing to use other ammo, I actually feel like it might be more of a case where my hammer pin's edge might need to have a change to its profile to increase my ignition rate.
I'm throwing all of this out here to see what the experienced smiths recommend to look at in this case. Changing up ammo is somewhat of an option, but I really feel like it's the gun in this case.
I'm inclined to put a more acute edge to the hammer pin to see if that helps penetrate slightly better.
Oh, lastly - this occurs whether I use the lighter hammer spring from the Grandmaster kit or I use the original hammer spring.
So, I welcome any questions or thoughts that our great gun minds here have to offer.
Thank you in advance!
I have a GSG 1911-22 that I've done the "Grandmaster" upgrade to.
Over the course of shooting a 10 round mag, I will have one or two failure-to-detonates.
I'm convinced that it's in battery fully, so it feels like a light primer strike situation. If I thumb back the hammer and fire again, it will ignite 99 times out of 100 at that point.
Ammo: I generally feed it Thunderbolts - partly because I have LOTS of them and partly because they feed perfectly in this gun. They also ignite 100% of the time in my other .22 guns.
So while this may be a case of needing to use other ammo, I actually feel like it might be more of a case where my hammer pin's edge might need to have a change to its profile to increase my ignition rate.
I'm throwing all of this out here to see what the experienced smiths recommend to look at in this case. Changing up ammo is somewhat of an option, but I really feel like it's the gun in this case.
I'm inclined to put a more acute edge to the hammer pin to see if that helps penetrate slightly better.
Oh, lastly - this occurs whether I use the lighter hammer spring from the Grandmaster kit or I use the original hammer spring.
So, I welcome any questions or thoughts that our great gun minds here have to offer.
Thank you in advance!