Hi Power failure to feed

[Ronin6]

KodiakBeer,

Thanks for the advice. It does hold the cartridge as mentioned. I recently polished the ramp and deburred some internal sharp edges, located where the recoil spring enters the slide towards the muzzle. Also found a little bit of roughness at the end of the rails towards the muzzle as well.
Took it out today and fired the whole clip without issue. The way I found the roughness in the rails was to use a Q-tip, when it left some strands of cotton behind it was the spot to sand, clean and re-lubricate.

Thanks again for all those that replied.

 

[KodiakBeer]

Glad you solved the problem! I'd replace all the springs anyway, though the recoil spring is probably the most important.

 

[HPShooter]

If it give you any more trouble

Ronin6, Sounds like you have been able to troubleshoot the problem. If you have any more trouble, you may want to post in the Gunsmithing and Repairs forums......the guys there are very helpful.

In general, sounds like you've had a mid-service maintenance project on your hands. The advice to consider replacing springs is good, too. Especially if this is going to be a carry piece.

In general, a Hi-Power in good repair, with all the springs doing their job, should run like a champ with everything. I have had a MK III, and Inglis, and an Indian Inglis Clone feed everything......the Inglis was a WWII build, all original as far as I could tell. Like another poster said, the humpback feed ramp of the latter two never affected feeding. I think the rep for humpbacks having feeding problems with expanding ammo dates way back to when there were softnosed (exposed) lead bullets out there. With nothing like modern hollow point designs.

Good luck with your Hi-Power, I think you will get it running 100% and enjoy it.

 

[jfrey]

The only time I've have ever noticed a misfeed in my older model Mark III was directly related to my wife limp wristing it. A Hi-Power in good condition will normally shoot just about anything. Loose the buffer and try it again.