frustrated.. light strikes

leejack said:
I'm an advocate of leaving it stock and I would put the parts back in. Next, I agree with the others to try some factory ammo, just in case. Hope you get it running 100% soon.

Best of luck.
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I Agree, & would add buy it new & leave it stock. Or at least buy upgrade parts & save the original so if need be you can put them back.
 
I could put them back but I don't see how a spring that helps reset the trigger could possibly cause light strikes.
 
There are too many variables. My first step will be to shoot some factory ammo and see what happens. After I measure the firing pin at least
 
playa0069u said:
It may have been in the ejector and not the actual channel. If you disassemble it u see that it gives u access to the foreword most part of the striker channel where the ejector is where that piece that moves up and down to hold the ejector in is.
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playa0069u said:
The gun was practically brand new when I bought it it had barely any wear internally on the feed ramp or in the barrel . I think if someone bubbad it it would have been mossing the springs since that's the most common mod. I think the weird grease was in the fat pin that held the ejector in . it was filthey in there and I was really heavy with the hoppes
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playa0069u said:
The white plastic sleeve is still in there. And there was no grease on it it was like deep in the ejector.
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Do you mean the extractor, or did you really mean the ejector? There shouldn't have been any yellow grease in/on either one...and I can't see how grease in/on either one would have caused a light strike. A failure to eject, maybe...but not a light strike.

As you said, the first thing you should do is try it with some good factory ammo. If you don't have light strikes with that, then I'd feel fairly certain that it's your reloads.
 
Idk where it came from lol when I was cleaning out the striker channel, at the deepest part of it there is a fat pin, about a quarter of an inch wide, that holds the I guess its the ejector, in. I was pressing it in with my finger, because doing so let me get my qtip deeper into the channel, and after I pressed it in a few times, it literally was like popping a mega gross zit or something, this yellowy brown crud came out. I don't think that caused any problems but in the channel was a lot of junk shavings and just crud which I thought may have cause them . I have been doing research for the past few hours and I'd put money on it's my primers not being seated all the way. I took 100 of my reloads and sat them all up straight and there were three that had an extremely slight wobble to them. It was very slight. But I marked them with a marker and will see if they cause issues. It may have been wishful thinking but like I said i d bet money on it. My wife loves reloading for some reason (I know i m blessed), I think she thinks she can do it faster than me and will take over whenever she catches me doing it. I noticed that I'll shoot 150 rounds without issue. And in the next boxx I might get 5 light strikes in 25 rounds. Not tryna Blame her lol but I think this may be the Case lmao. I'm gonna pick up some factory this week and will get back to the forum
 
When in doubt, pick up a box or two of wwb.
I was sure my feed issue was a new (used) gun I bought.
Nope.... 2 flawless boxes of wwb ammo later, switched reloaders and haven't looked back since.
 
playa0069u said:
Idk where it came from lol when I was cleaning out the striker channel, at the deepest part of it there is a fat pin, about a quarter of an inch wide, that holds the I guess its the ejector, in. I was pressing it in with my finger, because doing so let me get my qtip deeper into the channel, and after I pressed it in a few times, it literally was like popping a mega gross zit or something, this yellowy brown crud came out. I don't think that caused any problems but in the channel was a lot of junk shavings and just crud which I thought may have cause them . I have been doing research for the past few hours and I'd put money on it's my primers not being seated all the way. I took 100 of my reloads and sat them all up straight and there were three that had an extremely slight wobble to them. It was very slight. But I marked them with a marker and will see if they cause issues. It may have been wishful thinking but like I said i d bet money on it. My wife loves reloading for some reason (I know i m blessed), I think she thinks she can do it faster than me and will take over whenever she catches me doing it. I noticed that I'll shoot 150 rounds without issue. And in the next boxx I might get 5 light strikes in 25 rounds. Not tryna Blame her lol but I think this may be the Case lmao. I'm gonna pick up some factory this week and will get back to the forum
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Not trying to be rude or anything but you really need to research what you are doing before continuing. Your knowledge is extremely lacking. One can tell this by your inability to properly identify specific parts by name.

How can you possibly fix anything if you cant identify it?

Watching a couple youtube videos and then digging into your weapon is foolishness (although many of us probably started that very way). For me - it was 30 years ago and a stack of assembly/dis-assembly manuals.

The first clue to your "lack of experience" should have been the whole blaming the gun thing when using your reloads. That should have been the first alarm going off for you.

BTW - if you want a gun with a better trigger - buy a gun with a better trigger or at least one that lends itself easier to modification.
 
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FYI - "Reloading" and "FAST" should never be used in the same sentence.

"Stupid is as STUPID DOES!" Ever heard that?

Want to ruin a gun? Want to go blind or lose the use of your hands?
Keep going fast! Live and learn. Just do so intelligently.
 
GranCazador said:
Not trying to be rude or anything but you really need to research what you are doing before continuing. Your knowledge is extremely lacking. One can tell this by your inability to properly identify specific parts by name.

How can you possibly fix anything if you cant identify it?

Watching a couple youtube videos and then digging into your weapon is foolishness (although many of us, myself included, probably started that very way). For me - that was 30 years ago and a stack of assembly/dis-assembly manuals.

The first clue to your "lack of experience" should have been the whole blaming the gun thing when using your reloads. That should have been the first alarm going off for you.

BTW - if you want a gun with a better trigger - buy a gun with a better trigger or at least one that lends itself easier to modification.
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wow.... keep in mind this isnt a 1911 with 200+ peices its a sigma with about a dozen..... not too hard to put the puzzle back together when you have all the peices.

i take pride in how the forums here have been so helpful and unjudging of users. well this post changed that out look at least for this instance. way to bash a guy trying to solve a problem instead of helping you slam him. good riddance
 
I agree the OP could do a better job of identifying parts, HOWEVER...there's a helpful way to do that, and a condescending way to do that. I'd bet 30 years ago there were no Internet forums and that stack of manuals didn't talk down to you.
And many of us watch Apex videos on youtube for help, they are simply outstanding.

I'm confused....you said many of us, including yourself, started this way, then you say 30 years ago it was a stack of manuals.

Youtube was founded in 2005...so, which was it?

Share some respect.
 
playa0069u said:
Idk where it came from lol when I was cleaning out the striker channel, at the deepest part of it there is a fat pin, about a quarter of an inch wide, that holds the I guess its the ejector, in.
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I'm attaching a video from Apex Tactical...it's useful to show you how to properly disassemble and reassemble your pistol.

The EJECTOR is not located on the slide...it is on the frame. The EXTRACTOR is located on the slide. It's easy to confuse the two similar-sounding terms, but they are very different parts, although they do work in concert to extract and eject the spent shell casing (hence their names.)

SD/Sigma Kit install - YouTube
 
gm272gs said:
Only 54 parts in a 1911, but who's counting?
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Well, now...this could be opening a can of worms, not to mention a thread hi-jack. :p

It depends...should we count only "moving" parts? Do grips and grip screws count? Pins? Springs? Some 1911-style pistols have more parts than others...like, some have firing pin safeties, and some don't. Some even have a two-part guide rod, so is that one part or two? Is the magazine counted? What about the parts inside the magazine?

Obviously this post is facetious and intend to bring a little humor to this thread. :D
 
hmbiohazard said:
wow.... keep in mind this isnt a 1911 with 200+ peices its a sigma with about a dozen..... not too hard to put the puzzle back together when you have all the peices.

i take pride in how the forums here have been so helpful and unjudging of users. well this post changed that out look at least for this instance. way to bash a guy trying to solve a problem instead of helping you slam him. good riddance
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not bashing. just being realistic.
sometimes it hurts.

not knowing what a firing pin safety plunger is or the difference between an ejector and an extractor tells me that he shouldnt be in there screwing with it.
a basic understanding of parts and the relationship between them should be an absolute minimum before beginning any gunsmith project.
 
I understand what the part is I can deduce what it does without looking up the exact name of it. Its not like this gun is wicked hard to put together. I'm on this forum for knowledge. And I don't try to reload "fast" but I fear my wife may have been a little over zealous when reloading which would explain why I'll shoot a couple batches no problem and then have 5 or 6 light strikes in one box. Obviously there is something different about some boxes. I have everything set up pretty automated and with the powder I use if you double charge it will overflow. There isn't many options for mistakes. Except obviously primer depth. Thank you guys for your help and corrections I will let you know how it goes with some factory
 
we will await any info you have for us playa playa from the hymalaya's

lol

the first time i tore my glock apart. i didnt knwo what anything was. just followed a video. now some 10+ years later it still functions as it did when i first got it and i didnt destroy it by not knowing what i was doing.... so yeah.... maybe some of us have more common sense than others. or ar confident in our ability to follow instructions step by step that we dont need to learn every little detail of a gun before working on it.
 
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