Houston, we have a problem

[Redneck with a 40]

Today I was out shooting my Taurus Mil-Pro, which has been a great pistol. I was shooting my 165 grain reloads which I have never had a problem with, having already fired 500 rounds of them without a hitch. Well today, after 2 magazines of rounds, the gun locks up, it will not go fully into battery! So I decide to come back to the house, grab a batch of my 180 grain FMJ's and try those, same thing! For the record, I tested both of these rounds in my XD and they chambered just fine. I'm very disappointed, I really liked this pistol, but after this failure today, I cannot trust it. I've decided to trade it on a Springfield XD subcompact in 40 S&W. Taurus may still have some work to do when it concerns long term durability, I've had this gun for 1-1/2 years now, fired 1500 rounds out of it.

 

[Fun2Shoot]

IIRC Taurus has a lifetime warranty for whoever owns the gun.

Wouldn't it be worth a shot to send it to Taurus before you sell it?

Let them fix it. It might come back better than before.

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

Same thing happened with my Glock 26. Wouldn't go fully into battery, wouldn't eject the round except after much strong-arming and cursing. I figured maybe it was dirty and the rounds were sticking (not usually a problem for glocks) so I cleaned it. Fired about a mag worth and it started doing it again. Got out the caliper and examined my reloads. The brass was a little oversized. Must have forgotten to size them correctly before reloading. After resizing they have been fine. You might want to check that.

 

[Redneck with a 40]

Update on this situation....looks like I might have overreacted. I decided to field strip the gun and give it a good cleaning, its been about 350 rounds since I last field stripped it. To my surprise, it was filthy! I gave the slide a good dose of action blaster, then everything got a light coat of CLP, its very clean now. Its chambering rounds just fine now, which is a relief. I'm thinking the gun was dirty enough to actually cause a problem, and it did. This should take care of my problem. I'm not ready to totally give up on it, after all its fired 1500 rounds without a hitch.