After shooting my friends FNP-9 (His is like the one pictured that Clean97GTI wants to trade for, All black with Silver Barrel, Mag Release Button, Slide Lock, and De-Cocker) It was Sweet I was nocking down soup cans easy at a little over 10 yards. Mine acme ALL BLACK like MMMike's. It must have come off the assembly line just before or after crudmucosa's cuz I have had the same problems:
crudmucosa said:
"I've put 100 rounds worth of Remington/UMC 115gr. FMJ ammo and had consistent malfunctions with the last couple of rounds (14-16 when I used fully charged magazines). The malfunctions were failure to feed/chamber (rounds would get stuck half chambered up the feed ramp). This happened with all three magazines. Also, ejection was pretty much straight back into my face (it wasn't too bad, but it was annoying). Has anyone else had this issue?"
Mine is ejecting more than 50% at my face one caught me just below the eye. Thank goodness for eye protection, has had numerous Fails to fully feed on #15 (usually #14, #15 or last bullet in 16rd mag) and the Slide lock does not fully engage with notch frequently after last round either allowing slide to close or when new mag is popped in it self chambers.
What the "If You See Kay". A very frustrating first experiance with this Handgun.
I studied and compared (with the slide off) my FNP-9 and my buddies. I have noticed a couple things. Not sure if all are related to my problems but suspicious and interesting.
Forgive me now, if I am not using the correct "terms" for the parts but here goes:
If I insert an empty mag in the gun I can see that the black plastic "Bullet Bed" inside the mag is what lifts the Slide Stop Lever to a "full up position" thus locking the slide open after the last round. However if I depress the "Bullet Bed" down a little and then release the bullet bed, the Slide Stop Lever does not came back to a "full up position" as it does if you insert an empty mag. I suspect this could be connected with the failure to feed on Rd #16 (but what about #14 & #15) and the failure of the Slide Stop lever to fully engage the slide after the last round. Causing some not open after last rounds and the self chambering when the next mag is popped in. My buddies comes all the way back up after depressing the "Bullet Bed" a little. This happens with all 3 - 16 round Mags his was a 10 Round. My conclusion is Weak springs in the mags or too strong Slide Stop Lever Spring. (just realized I need to try his 10 rd mag in my frame and my 16 rd Mags in his) any comments or thoughts?
Next his Barrel is notched/ beveled on the bottom on one side of the radiused protrusion.
His Recoils Spring is Blue, mine is Orange.
Quite a few pieces of the Fire Control Housing are different in his and mine. If I remember correctly the Sear and the Trigger Bar Disconnect Lever for example. The feel of his Decock lever is almost a 2 stage with a click to it. Mine feels smooth consistent.
FYI, I did clean the gun before taking it out the first time and have cleaned after and still have the Slide Stop Issue described above.
FYI, I shot more than a 100 rounds this first time with it. As I recall the last 3 - 16 rounders had no Fail to Feed problems but still Straight Back Ejects. More "Break In Time" required????
Crudmucosa said:
"Put 170 rounds of mixed ammo (UMC 115gr FMJ [gave me problems last time], Magtech 115gr FMJ, Speer GoldDot 115gr GDHP). Every round fired fine, only a few ejected cases back at me (as opposed to about half the rounds I shot the first time I took it out), and the slide locked back every time I ran empty (as opposed to almost never the first time).
Fine gun, that FNP. I guess it just needed a break-in period (I'm used to that with most of my other handguns, just wasn't used the kind of failures this gun was having out of the box)."
I guess I will need to try some other ammo as crudmucosa did, but MY buddy and I were both feeing the same exact ammo in our guns his was fine, mine was not, and any eject in the face is unacceptable to me.
Send the S.O.B. Back??? wouldn't ya know this would happen to my first new gun purchase off the Internet. $$$$$$ Time.....
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