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If you have any mags for the other mag well? Try them. If they work extractor would be first place to try. Cheap as they are may be a good first try anyway with one made by the aftermarket that seem to be better made. Several guns seem to have this in common. Lost track of number of 1911's over the years that this was the "fix". The Ruger MK's in .22 this is often the reason for them to do just what you are seeing. One buddy was for years cussing his MKIII since it did not want to work with a lot of different ammo. He finally bought an after market extractor I had been trying to get him to try. $10 part and after he did that the pistol works like a dream. Try the simple cheap first and hopefully yours will start humming along. Are you using OEM mags BTW? When I was watching the price waiting to order mine the one common thing I saw a lot of trouble was people trying after market mags. Those seem to be really hit and miss. Some run like a top, while others will just not work worth a damn.I've had it completely apart, inspected and cleaned it thoroughly. I've been shooting a variety of leftover ammo in it, reloads of different types that all function well in my pistols.
I wasn't impressed with the accuracy- palm-sized groups at 25 yards, but then I figured it might have something to do with the leftover bullets I was using in that magazine. I have some old Speer Gold Dot +p ammo that I've had laying around for many years, figured I'd try some quality ammo for accuracy. Big improvement- nice clover-leaf groups at 25 yards!
I'm not terribly concerned with the jamming issue. It's good to hear that most people have good reliability with them. It's a pretty simple gun; I figured it was either the extractor or ejector. This particular failure type makes me think I should take a close look at the extractor next.