Tanfoglio Witness and Swiss Arms 1911 Jamming Problem Fix

[Marc.RG1]

I appreciate this is an old thread but I have a Swiss Arms 1911 pistol which seems to be suffering this problem with the auto lock back not working when the magazine is empty and not firing properly.

However, the main problem is I cannot even remove the magazine, it appears to be well and truly stuck. When I press the button there is no sign of it wanting to come out. Does anybody have any idea what might be wrong? I admit I'm new to this gun,

Hello,
Does your slide not lock back at all? Ever?

As for you not being able to eject the magazine and it's stuck maybe it's catching on the blowback unit loading nozzle. Can you rack / move the slide backwards by hand?
If you can, do that first, then press the magazine release and see if the magazine drops..

Give it a try and let me know.

If you still struggle let me know..

ATB, Marc.

[Arthur John Smithsplease]

Don't know if it helps, but when I lived abroad and had the real steel, I would never just release the slide lock and let the gun slam into battery.

I would hold the back of the slide and ease it back.

With guns made of soft metal this would make even more sense.

[robdav]

Thanks Marc. Got it working now.

I was able to rack in manually by hand but still the magazine wasn't coming out. I managed to apply a little pressure down through the top of the pistol, using a screwdriver, while pressing the magazine release clip and it came out along with a single BB which somehow seemed to be jamming the magazine. Have tested with 7 BB's only and it seems to be working as it should.

Thanks again.

Robert

Hello,
Does your slide not lock back at all? Ever?

As for you not being able to eject the magazine and it's stuck maybe it's catching on the blowback unit loading nozzle. Can you rack / move the slide backwards by hand?
If you can, do that first, then press the magazine release and see if the magazine drops..

Give it a try and let me know.

If you still struggle let me know..

ATB, Marc.

[PaulR]

I have given up with these guns (I have two).

The problem is indeed jamming - one was replaced three times from new. I have done everything mentioned here and more including complete stripdowns to search for errant bbs (none found).

Even with a new magazine and 8 bbs they both jam.

I have tried four different makes of bb and they all jam.

They are now just static models.