LooseGrouper
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- Apr 25, 2005
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I have a Sig P226 that was a police trade-in. I'm sure it's seen plenty of rounds, but it has never missed a beat until today.
I took it to the range and had six or eight failures to feed out of about 150 rounds. These weren't "hard" failures, as a 1/4 re-rack or a little tap on the back of the slide would send it into battery. Various types of ammo gave the same problem (Fiochi 115, Win Silver Tip 115, Fed Hydrashock +P+ 124). I was able to repeat the problem at home only by slowly cycling the slide manually. I think the edge of the case mouth may be catching on the block at the top/rear of the barrel (the cartridge is parellel with the barrel when it "sticks"). Here are my questions.
1) Anyone have similar problems? How worried should I be about this?
2) Is it feasible that the mouth of the case is catching as I theorized? If so, can the rim of that block (don't know it's name) be safely radiused to prevent it?
I've had horrible luck with handguns of late. If I don't get this sorted out, I'm gonna be down to a S&W .22 for defensive carry (unless someone can tell me how to fit an 870 into a glove box...).
I took it to the range and had six or eight failures to feed out of about 150 rounds. These weren't "hard" failures, as a 1/4 re-rack or a little tap on the back of the slide would send it into battery. Various types of ammo gave the same problem (Fiochi 115, Win Silver Tip 115, Fed Hydrashock +P+ 124). I was able to repeat the problem at home only by slowly cycling the slide manually. I think the edge of the case mouth may be catching on the block at the top/rear of the barrel (the cartridge is parellel with the barrel when it "sticks"). Here are my questions.
1) Anyone have similar problems? How worried should I be about this?
2) Is it feasible that the mouth of the case is catching as I theorized? If so, can the rim of that block (don't know it's name) be safely radiused to prevent it?
I've had horrible luck with handguns of late. If I don't get this sorted out, I'm gonna be down to a S&W .22 for defensive carry (unless someone can tell me how to fit an 870 into a glove box...).