Has your autoloader jammed on you yet?

Has your autoloader EVER jammed on you?

  • Yes

    Votes: 227 62.4%

  • No

    Votes: 137 37.6%
  • Total voters
    364
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Yep. Kel-tec P32 has had one failure to feed but I blame that on a cheap mag. My Kel-tec P11 so far has a very consistent failure to feed problem. At this point I would have to run a lot more ammo through it and see if it continued before I would use it for anything other than a range gun, and that bums me out since it is no fun to shoot in the first place. It is fairly accurate, though.

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Nope. Never had a failure. I owned a Colt Commander, and I now own a GLOCK 21SF and a FEG. Aside from some light strikes with the FEG after messing with the hammer spring, I've had zero malfunctions with all of these pistols, as well as no failures with any of my rentals.
 
I own 3 autos. Two SIG's (P220 and P226) and a russian mak. Both SIG's are 100% reliable (~2500 rounds in the P220 and ~1000 in the P226) never a ftf or fte.

The Mak is 100% with fmj ammo(2000 rounds). I have had a few (less than 10) with silver bear JHP. I was ALL my fault...I didnt clean my mags after a range session an the next time I took the mak out got the jams. I cleaned the mags and polished the feed ramp and it was back to 100% for the rest of the case!
 
SIG P232 - 1200 rounds - zero problems.
SIG P228 - 9000 rounds - zero problems.
Browning Hi-Power - 4000 rounds - 1 problem, during an endurance test after 400 rounds of not cleaning ended up with a fail to feed, so i just pushed the slide forward and it continued without problems to 600 rounds. It has not ever had any problems while properly cleaned and lubed.

good thread
 
My Kimber had a few FTF but a feed ramp polish took care of it.
The Ruger MKII jams after 450 or so rounds of that filthy .22 ammo.
Sig 220 hates American Ammo FTF's.
Glock 34 has had several FTE durring matches so diagnosis has been tough.
Beretta 21 and Jennings are not even considered autoloaders.
Wilson CQB will not eject casings if lube is too thick. Works 100% with a light coating of light lube.
Sig X-5 9mm had 2 FTF when new.
The only autoloader that has truly been 100% (2000-2500 rounds) is my H&K P2000. It will fail eventually. :cool:
 
I have a Ruger Standard and a MKII that have never jammed. My Colt 1911 has never jammed. My Glock got a hold of some bad ammo and experienced a squib once, (does that count?).
 
HK USP .45 has never jammed, but I've only fired appx. 2,000 rounds through her. So far, I must say I'm very impressed.
 
Well I answered incorrectly. Mine have jammed, all minorly.
Except my S&W 9VE. Yes, the dreaded Sigma is my most reliable gun. It has never, ever malfunctioned, and it never m,alfunctioned when it was previously owned by my friend.

My Glock 27 also had a minor malf, probably because of the +2 basepad, just slingshotted it ever so slightly and the round was properly aligned. good to go.

My USP I believe has had the same type of thing, very rarely, maybe twice since I bought it three years ago. always just a round angling itself upwards either too abruptly or not abruptly enough.

My CZ-97B is very reliable, I can't remember if it's ever malfunctioned.
 
My Glock 19 has been reliability-wise perfect but has less than 1000 rounds through it.

My Glock 34 had a few FTF’s and an FTE early on with factory RN ammo (and more with my early 9mm reloads), but has been fine for the last 5000 rounds or so.

My 9mm CZ75B was problematic when new due to premature slide lock. I modified the slide stop and it’s fed a couple thousand consecutive rounds of factory ammo and hand loads. It’s pretty sweet now.

My XD45 has been 100% with factory and hand-loaded RN and HP ammo (approx 4K rounds). It doesn’t like SWC hand loads, and often fails-to-feed them. No big deal.

My Kimber Super Match II has fed about 7000 rounds of RN ammo, mostly hand loads, with no issues. It has occasionally had issues with my SWC reloads, but I think I have those dialed in (right OAL). This pistol has a snug but smooth slide-to-frame fit, and after 3-4 hundred rounds of my somewhat dirty reloads (I use Tightgroup and WIN 231) I can really tell that there is some grit in the works, but it always makes it through the range trip.

My new Springfield GI .45 has one trip and less than 400 rounds through it. It had a couple of hiccups with my SWC hand loads. It fed 230 grain RN just fine.
 
Glock 17 totally reliable since 1992. Only limp wrist issues with my ex and my boy.

Got a new S&W M&P 45 with no jams but only 220 rounds. No FTF, no FTE. I did have a bad sear or something that wouldn't let go when you pulled the trigger from time to time but S&W seems to have fixed that with a new sear block and a new striker...they just swapped out those two parts and sent it back in about 2 days. Crossing my fingers.
 
"Has your autoloader EVER jammed on you?"

Which one? I have a bunch.

If your gun has never failed you haven't shot it enough. If none of your guns have failed you don't have enough guns.

John
 
EVER....well after 35 years of shooting that answer must be yes. But then I have had a revolver jam as well. If you are around long enough anything can happen.
 
Yes actually I have to say yes to mine finally and not just my wife's this time... I finally got my H&K USP.45 to jam. I was proving a point to my wife about limp wrist and while doing so I mannaged to jam it with a FTF. Stupid :banghead: me lol.
 
My USP9 only jammed twice due to limp wristing with over 6500 rounds through it. My Sig 229 has not jammed on me yet, but my buddy got a FTF with a mag he loaded. As for my 1911, it jams more than I would like. It might be that the feed ramp needs polishing, but its not the ammo or mags. Any suggestions are welcome. My P22 jams after it gets real dirty, not too concerned about it though.
 
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A SIG Sauer P229 I owned and maintained never jammed on me on live fire.

Kahr PM9 jammed a lot. It was not past the "break in" period manufacturer claimed. However, I decided it was not for me, because I once I looked at the internal design, I did not see enough hope that the issue,"nose dive", will be fixed. As far as I'm concerned, Kahr PM9 is poorly designed.

I had a malfuction with a Glock 22, but it was because of a defective ammo not the pistol.
 
Kahr PM9 jammed a lot.
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Several years ago,
after coming to THR seeking shotgun advice
(and finding it), I decided it was time to upgrade my pistol.

I did a lot of research, reading LOTS of threads.

I decided that I wanted a Kahr in 9mm.

Next came the question, which one.

One thing I learned loud and clear, at least then:
stay away from the polymers. Go steel.
Maybe Kahr has the polymer models working well now.

Still, I like steel guns.

All of my revolvers are all steel
except the grips, which are polymer.

Oh, but wait,
once again, I've erred.
Wrong section for a comment about revolvers.

So sorry.

Let me redeem myself.
<ahem>
If I was going to purchase a semi-auto pistol
having a low probability of jamming,
I'd buy one made of all steel
(except grips).
 
One thing I learned loud and clear, at least then:
stay away from the polymers. Go steel.
Maybe Kahr has the polymer models working well now.
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I don't think so. If it's an issue such as a part machined out of tolerance, there's hope. But, from what I've seen, PM9's design is flawed from foundation. That's why I did not bother to check how it can be fixed.

The major one is that the feed ramp angle is too steep, and is also tall. It's like the nose of the bullet is slamming on a wall that's angled slightly rather than sliding up a ramp. I guess they gave it some angle, crossed their fingers, and when the nose of the cartidge pointed up and got into the chamber most of the time, they just went with that. To make the matter worse, the magazine design does not insure that the ammo inside keeps proper attitude. Some ammo inside will even travel upwards in a relatively "nose down" attitude.

I would not even say those PM9's should not have left the factory in that condition. Because as it is, it should not have even left the design table.
 
SIG P226/9 - 1750 rounds with no malfunctions

Glock 26 - 2350 rounds with 5 malfunctions (2 failure to fire with light off-center primer strike, 3 FTEs) all in the first 1400 rounds. I adjusted my grip to better control muzzle flip and have no failures in the last 950 rounds.
 
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