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Please view this newsclip and then join me in diagnosing this problem with the CHP's S&W pistol.
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Consistent failure to feed the last round? I'm trying to figure out why. It's not the feed lips since it fed all the rounds before it. It's not the ammo as the ammo is cycling the weapon. It can't be the shooter since there's eleven failures. I'm wondering if it's the engineering behind the magazine spring. They (S&W) should graph the pressure on the spring as it cycles to see if there's any difference between all the previous rounds and the last one. It could be too stiff and when it's too stiff, it can be sluggish.
Resistence on the feed rib (of the slide) is exerted by the cartridge that is pressed up by the follower (via the magazine spring). If the resistence is too strong, it can make the gun sluggish. Sluggish extraction can result in slower return of the slide to battery and hence the malfunction (failure to feed).
The Germans would be good at this as they've the scales to graph everything on a gun. I'm sure S&W does too. (which means it could be a failure on the part of their spring supplier).
Please, no discussion about Calif. State Senator Romero questioning the methods the CHP buys its weapons. Let's talk about the gun, not the politics.
Click here to view.
Consistent failure to feed the last round? I'm trying to figure out why. It's not the feed lips since it fed all the rounds before it. It's not the ammo as the ammo is cycling the weapon. It can't be the shooter since there's eleven failures. I'm wondering if it's the engineering behind the magazine spring. They (S&W) should graph the pressure on the spring as it cycles to see if there's any difference between all the previous rounds and the last one. It could be too stiff and when it's too stiff, it can be sluggish.
Resistence on the feed rib (of the slide) is exerted by the cartridge that is pressed up by the follower (via the magazine spring). If the resistence is too strong, it can make the gun sluggish. Sluggish extraction can result in slower return of the slide to battery and hence the malfunction (failure to feed).
The Germans would be good at this as they've the scales to graph everything on a gun. I'm sure S&W does too. (which means it could be a failure on the part of their spring supplier).
Please, no discussion about Calif. State Senator Romero questioning the methods the CHP buys its weapons. Let's talk about the gun, not the politics.