Same series as mine, same issue. A quick trip to the gunsmith solved it.
About the only reason I'd pick the Colt over the Springfield in a SHTF scenario is the far greater availability of spare parts.
I just remembered I did have to replace a firing pin after about 10,000 rounds or so. Now I just keep a spare pin or two and a couple of sets of springs around along with a spare Wilson slide release.
That should cover 95% of the field problems I could have.
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A buddy of mine bought a Springfield 1911 back around 2002 or so, and recently had the ejector fail...wear out...
WHATEVER it is that ejectors DO when they don't work anymore.
He was shooting a big batch of ammo that we had just loaded for him, and he said that the pistol stopped ejecting correctly. He brought me some of the rounds and they functioned flawlessly from my Series 80 and another Taurus 1911 clone.
He examined it closely and sent me photos of what he discovered, and it actually looks like the ejector is bent AWAY from the case! He bent it
BACK and it started ejecting 100% of the time again. But he ordered another (and a spare!) anyway.
Have either of you two ever heard of this happening?