FT eject Russian case from nice Sig 232.

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The gun's fairly new and shows little indication of wear. It's only my second handgun following the fairly recent Sauer 38H.

Anyway, only about five boxes of ammo has been used since purchase. Today on the second or third round, can't remember
whether it was SA or DA after decocking, but heard only a 'click'.

Removed the magazine, and pulling back the slide ejected an empty case of either Monarch or Wolf, with the gray coating.
Until that shot, the gun has been perfect,even with approx. forty rds. of Russian. Am very familiar with troubled reports of some Tula ammo in rifles on SKSboards (and in my pair of Yugo SKS)-but not having too Little powder(?).

Being fairly new to regular shooting with any specific types of handguns on a regular basis, maybe the Tula factory loaded too little powder to operate the slide? Regret not keeping the case for inspection. With a brand-new CCW, would never 'carry' the gun with Russian ammo (Hornady Crit. D.).
 
1. Was the primer struck deeply? If so it was faulty ammo.

2. You are running cheap ammo in a $700 gun. That would be like putting bargain lawn mower gas in my $70,000 airplane.
 
Made the mistake of not checking the case after ejecting it. Always checked rifle brass with anything odd-factory or reloaded ammo.

Won't make that mistake again.
And with a single engine airplane, would not want to face any forced landing, even on smooth water in good day VMC.
 
Might as well get used to it, it doesnt matter how much you spend on the gun, or ammo, for that matter, sooner or later, youre going to have the problem.

Best to be finding out about how to deal with it in practice.

The one downside to the P230/232's is, they arent the easiest to deal with stoppages. It pays to pop a snap cap or two in the mag during practice, and learn to deal. File the rim down on one, and you can really enjoy it. :)

Also learn how to lock the slide back, without the mag in the gun. Its not hard, but there is a knack.
 
I've never had an issue with my 232, but I am also prohibited from using steel-cased ammo at my range. I'd buy a few boxes of other stuff...even Blaser Aluminum or other cheap brass ammo and regain your confidence in the gun. I'm 99% sure it was a bad round. That being said, practicing clearing a bad round is a good thing to do.
 
Go and buy about 500rds of tula from a different lot and shoot it all, then come back to us and tell about your experiences.

If you do have an issue where you have to manually extract a casing out of your BLOWBACK pistol, please check the barrel for obstructions. If there are none, keep shooting, then report back.
 
No bullet was stuck. The cases are coated with the same color of polymer as most of my Wolf 7.62x39 ammo. Incidental, but recently I switched from Russian to "Made in Ukraine".

Other than still not knowing whether a few .380 cases were loaded with too little powder (?) and being made in Russia, what other hang-ups do people's handguns experience using Monarch or Tula, as this is just practice ammo?
 
I don't know.

I wouldn't shoot com-block steel-case ammo in my P-232 if somebody gave it too me free!

Ain't got time for stuff like that!

Rc
 
If your right handed, grasp the slide like your doing an overhand sling shot, with your thumb on the left side of the slide, and your fingers on the right, with your pinkie finger near the ejection port.

When you get the slide to the rear, slip your pinkie into the ejection port, and with the tip of it, find and lift the slide stop up and slightly relax your pressure on the slide to engage it.

It will feel really awkward at first, but as you get it figured out, and used to it, you'll soon be doing it without thought.
 
Awww, its not like its an M1 or anything. :D

Once you get it down, it gets easier the more you do it.
 
You are running cheap ammo in a $700 gun. That would be like putting bargain lawn mower gas in my $70,000 airplane.
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I don't buy into this at all, very poor analogy.

But I've most of the sub compact .380 pistols and few work well with the steel cased ammo. The ones that do are the ones I prefer to carry as if they work with steel cased ammo they have better operational envelope than the ones that don't. Also makes for cheaper (hence more frequent) practice with them, while I do reload .380 chasing the brass after the violent ejection of these little things is just no fun at all and losing most of the brass makes practice even more expensive.
 
Ignition Override said:
...but heard only a 'click'.

Removed the magazine, and pulling back the slide ejected an empty case
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That's not bad ammo; it may not be a problem weapon, either.

You heard only a click... and then you MANUALLY ejected an empty case after dropping the mag and racking the slide.

When was that empty case fired?

Sounds as though you SOMEHOW chambered an empty case. I don't know how THAT could have happened, but it's about the only thing that fits what you've described. Perhaps it got mixed in with good ammo when the mag was loaded, but not every gun CAN (or will) chamber an empty case from the magazine.

(I've heard of strange tales where an empty case get's re-chambered but don't know how that happens without a jam, unless it's the last case in the mag, or the last round fired.)

The details don't match the big picture.
 
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