I had a ND today

[KS63]

What manufacturer of 1911? Try higher quality ammo. High primers do happen. Factory pistol? First owner?

[Robb]

Colt Govt Model
I'm cheap. Hate to dump expensive ammo into a dirt bank.
High Primers Happen - (there's a bumper sticker)
Tastefully modded
Yup, bought her brand spankin' new in about 1984, (so she's ancient now).

[KevDen2005]

I was having something similar on my (I hate to say it) 1911 a few years ago. Luckily I was already shooting on open range land so it wasn't as unexpected. Bert did me right and squared my baby away.

[HoneyBadger]

I cannot understand why racking the slide would be considered hard on the gun?

You must be a Glock owner...

[KevDen2005]

You must be a Glock owner...

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me too actually. Bert is the one that educated me all about racking slides and the damage it causes

[Doc45]

Years ago I bought a used Colt Gold Cup, had a really sweet trigger when I dry fired it at the shop. Hit the range, loaded up a mag and it went full auto, dumped the mag and scared the hell out of me. Took to a trusted smith and "someone" (perhaps the prior owner) had kitchen-tabled the sear. It does happen.

After that whenever I have a gun bought used I expect it to go full tilt boogie and am pleasantly surprised when it doesn't lol.

[KS63]

Years ago I bought a used Colt Gold Cup, had a really sweet trigger when I dry fired it at the shop. Hit the range, loaded up a mag and it went full auto, dumped the mag and scared the hell out of me. Took to a trusted smith and "someone" (perhaps the prior owner) had kitchen-tabled the sear. It does happen.

After that whenever I have a gun bought used I expect it to go full tilt boogie and am pleasantly surprised when it doesn't lol.

With every new pistol and new reload recipe, I only put two rounds in the magazine to test for function. Full auto or slam fire/hammer bounce, less chance of someone getting hurt.

[Brian]

Thanks for posting. I appreciate the reminder every time someone posts about an ND, if only for the reminder that it can happen to anyone at any point.

[Irving]

I went to a claim today where the neighbor fired a .45 ACP and it left his house, went into the house next door, through the bedroom, and ended up in the vanity, under the sink in the bathroom.

[BPTactical]

Glad you and those around you are ok.

Sorry I didn't see this sooner.
Hammer follow is typically the result of:
Hammer hook/sear nose wear(most likely)
Disconnector too short.
Sear spring too light/damaged
Dirty/sludged up internals.

A broken/sludged up firing pin can cause same.

Come see me.

And yes, nothing will destroy a nice 1911 trigger than letting a slide slam closed on an empty chamber.
Due to the relationship of the hammer/sear the slide slamming causes the sear to slam into the hammer hooks and batter the nice crisp angles of the sear nose.
It's two hardened steel surfaces slamming together and the nose of the sear is pretty narrow.
Somethings gotta give.
A loaded cartridge provides a "cushion" that last 1/10th of an inch before the slide goes into full battery.