Has your autoloader jammed on you yet?

[SsevenN]

yup yup:
USP 40 - 1 FTE with junk rounds out of 2,000
CZ 2075 RAMI 9mm - One jam about every 200 rounds doesn't seem to matter what ammo........
FN Five-seveN - NO JAMS 500 rounds fired...
Steyr M9-A1 - 1,250 rounds, no jams......500 extras rounds later.... 15 FTE's

 

[Ed Ames]

Of course.

Then again... I've had revolvers jam on me too. Machines fail... fact of reality that is. Deal.

 

[rcmodel]

S&W 39 = Never in 40 years that I can remember.

1911's = Of course.
But I have been shooting and gunsmithing them for close to 45 years. I get to see the ones that don't work more often then the ones that do.

I was working on a friends new Glock 17 today that wouldn't make it through a 10-round mag without jamming two or three times.
With that said, as much as I hate them, I would trust a full or mid-size Glock right out of the box.
I would trust a S&W or SIG to work right out of the box also.

But NO brand of auto is immune.
Especially the way they make a lot of them nowadays!

rcmodel

 

[CWL]

If you have a gun that has never experienced a mechanical malfunction, it just means you haven't shot it enough yet.

(I see plenty of posters bragging about 1000-2000 rd counts, you are still undergoing the break-in period! )

 

[DawgFvr]

What CWL said!

All...all...allllllll automatic pistols will have a malfunction at some given point in time...usually happens at the worst case scenario.

Having said that, I never had a revolver malfunction. Once...I had a bad primer in a round that did not fire...but that was an ammo problem.

 

[mpmarty]

Most if not all semi autos can "jam" with poor ammo and or maintenance. It happens that my Taurus PT145 da/sa hasn't yet but it's only got a few thousand rounds through it. Of much more concern is the drill to bring the weapon back into service, tap, rack, bang etc. Nearly every malfunction of a semi auto can be cleared by immediate action and brought back on line in seconds. Try that sometime with a revolver where the primer sets back and jams the cylinder against the breech or a bullet pulls and sticks the cylinder, or heaven forbid you drop it during a reload and bend the crane; in each of these cases you now have a club where you once had a firearm.

 

[Floppy_D]

My P229 has jammed several times, most jams being ammo related, while working up loads. If I limp-wrist it, I can get it to jam nearly every time. The REAL trick is understanding that any autoloader can and will eventually jam, and that the best medicine is drills that correct the failure. Put a snapcap in your 10 rd mags and get used to clearing the FTF, and when you have a real one, your speed is hardly offset.

 

[CountGlockula]

You're right, 1-2K rounds isn't enough.

I've shot 5K+ out of my Glock 35 and has yet to jam. We'll see after 10K!

 

[dstark]

I've only had my springfield jam on me with one certain type of low grade ammo, after 1,000 round mistake never had any other jams.

 

[19-3Ben]

Sig P232 jams if you don't clean it every 250 rounds. It jams for my dad frequently but I think he limp-wrists it. His 92f compact NEVER jams for him.
The Sig doesn't jam for me so long as I clean it, but the reliability issues were enough to have me start CCWing my Ruger Sp101. I'm now going to get an M&P9c to also CCW. I just don't trust the Sig.

 

[shadowalker]

Some have, my wife's XD 9mm SC jammed for her but she was shooting cheap ammo and limp wristing, both conditions cured now.

In ~4000 rounds my Sig P229 has not jammed, no other failures even with a pretty bad recoil spring.

In 1000 rounds my XD 45 ACP has had a failure to fire but no jams.

 

[Nightfox_308]

yes alott!!!!!!!!! but its a 22lr model 60 marlin it has jams that the bullet gets stuck ejecting (minor) and jams where the bullet wont load into the chamber (major) you have to take it apart (with a live round in it)

 

[FireArmFan]

Not yet. but my P2000 only has about 1500 rounds through it. I'm sure it will happen one day.

 

[floydster]

3800 rounds thru my Hi Point, not a hicup, 3759 in the bullseye at 25 yards, ya man.

 

[JaxNovice]

I have three guns I have owned that never jammed. For some bizarre reason I sold them.

Taurus 24/7 Pro 5k rounds and never jammed

FNP9 3500 Rounds with no issues

XD9 4" 5k Flawless rounds

My Taurus PT145 would jam even when I was not firing it. I would hear it in the safe jamming. It jammed when I looked at it. It jammed when it was raining or sunny. It jammed up until I smashed it into pieces. Then it worked fine.

 

[FALZOO-XD]

Never had one with my XD45 or my S&W3913

 

[RobertFBurnett]

Still breaking in new SIG 226: 400 rounds of Remington UMC 124 grain. 0 failures, with the exception of 2 failures to lock back on last shot in 50+- mag changes.

 

[jon_in_wv]

P32 Keltec- 300+ rounds= 0 jams
M&P 9mm- 1500 + rounds= 0 jams
Makarov- 1000 + rounds = 0 jams
I trust these guns completely. I'm sure they will fail at some point but they have proven themselves so far!

 

[mokin]

I've had my HK, Browning, and Glock all "jam" on me but they were all ammo related. I've also had all my revolvers "jam" on me as well for the same reason.

 

[sdj]

G32

S&W1911 -> Yes (RIP...)
S&W1911Sc -> Yes, but not often
Glock 32 -> Not yet

Guess which one I carry?

 

[Cannonball888]

S&W M&P 40---no
Kimber UltraCarry---no
SA LW Champion Operator---no
FIE Titan II---no
Kel-Tec P3AT---yes

 

[eldon519]

I've had several autoloaders jam on me including but not limited to two 1911s, two or three Glocks, and of course my .22 Buckmark. Strangely I tend to take excellent care of my weapons and practice a pretty firm and controlled grip. The only two autoloaders I have put very many rounds through that have not jammed have been my mom's CZ75 and my Beretta 92, both in 9mm. It pains me though because I love the feel of the 1911 and the .45 round, but I am slowly becoming convinced that 9mm may be an inherently more reliable round. I guess it could make sense if you think about it though, .45 ACP usually uses more powder and burns at a lower pressure for a less complete burn which amounts to more gunk building up in the action per round. At least with FMJ, the 9mm usually is a pit more pointy than the rounded .45 ball rounds.

Anyway, based on the above mentioned, my next gun will be a 4" GP100. My 6" GP100 has been flawless, but it is a little big. I did have a new revolver fail on me once. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but the innards actually broke and it had to go back to the factory. The mechanism got locked up.

 

[Walkalong]

I voted yes, but I have several that have never jammed in 1000's of rounds as well.

 

[XD-40 Shooter]

I can honestly say that neither my Taurus Mil-Pro 40 or my XD-40 have jammed. I've got close to 2000 rounds out of both of them and no malfunctions. I have no qualms about trusting my life to either of them. I have had a couple of FTF's, failure to fire, using my handloads, probably due to hard primers, or a contaminated primer. These problems are likely my fault. I don't expect my XD-40 to ever jam, it eats everything.

 

[lechiffre]

i had a browning bdm that jammed 3 times on the first magazine. then worked fine
i have an interarms ppk that would fail to feed when it was new. after a couple of hundred rounds no more problems.
i have a beretta 21a that stovepipes of fails to feed after about 100 rounds without cleaning(do .22s count ?)
i have a p38 that failed to feed once.

all others no problems