Alte Schule
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Bought this Argentine FM Hi Power at a show a few weeks ago. Although the condition issue threw me off at first the owner let give me it a partial field strip and the barrel and internals looked good. It appeared to be holster carried a lot and fired occasionally. I collect older military issued firearms and didn't have anything in 9mm so I picked this up in a combo deal with a Italian made Beretta 84.
At the range with Winchester white box, about every 3 rounds, I had a failure to eject with the slide locked about 3/4 of the way back. To clear it I had to pull the slide completely to the rear, drop the magazine, let the slide go forward and then rack it. I also had some Remington ammo and the result was the same. I did give it a pretty good cleaning before I shot it.
Never had this happen before in any auto loader I have had as, with the exception of revolvers, I tend to buy NIB. So what do you say. New magazine for sure but what else? I understand parts are interchangeable with FN's so finding what I need shouldn't be a problem. Since I have it I want to keep it and hope it's an easy fix. BTW the Beretta is an awesome shooter with a great trigger. Very happy with it.
At the range with Winchester white box, about every 3 rounds, I had a failure to eject with the slide locked about 3/4 of the way back. To clear it I had to pull the slide completely to the rear, drop the magazine, let the slide go forward and then rack it. I also had some Remington ammo and the result was the same. I did give it a pretty good cleaning before I shot it.
Never had this happen before in any auto loader I have had as, with the exception of revolvers, I tend to buy NIB. So what do you say. New magazine for sure but what else? I understand parts are interchangeable with FN's so finding what I need shouldn't be a problem. Since I have it I want to keep it and hope it's an easy fix. BTW the Beretta is an awesome shooter with a great trigger. Very happy with it.