Jennings Nine doctoring help.

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Picknlittle,
Thanks for posting your progress on your cheapo fix-up project. I think the expression is something along the lines of "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." But, it sure is fun (at least for me) to try. I like fixing up beater guns, or trying to.

Like Jim147 said, I would use a Dremel (not any harsh attachments) or sandpaper and try to smooth out contact and friction points in the trigger group. Before playing with any of the springs, make sure you can get replacements.

I have used Numrich's parts catalog for a number of my projects and they may have replacement springs.

Good luck and keep us posted.
 
I think your time would be better spent trying to make a revolver out of nothing but paper mache and jelly beans.
 
You can't make a purse out of a pigs ear... BUT you can oil up a Jennings, load the mag with some short OAL 9mm ball, place it in a ziplock, and hide it away for when you might need it.
 
I hope you get it taken care of. If you keep having problems you might put this down in gun smithing. Might get better answer then some of the great opinions by people who didn't read your OP or can't understand it.

And if you have an opinion that doesn't answer the OP I guess you could start your own post about shooting jelly beans out of your nose or whatever you do for entertainment.
 
I fully understand the snobbery. There are two thoughts that immediately come to mind. I don't own this gun because I need the gun. I bought it because my friend needed money and I knew he'd be insulted if I made a gift of the money, so I took the paper weight. Now, my curious nature makes me want to find out why they are considered unreliable. If I can use a little spit and polish and well intended TLC, and make it shoot reliably, then I've learned something about the cost of sloppy machining, and gained a truck gun that like any other gun, I hope I never have to use. The next thought is that someone else, who can not afford a more widely accepted gun, may be able to take my lessons and make a sows ear reliable enough to get themselves out of a spot, should it be necessary.

Regardless, the gun is what it is and will be either useful or not. I can't say it's any less useful than my muzzle loader pistol for home defense, but then again it beats the heck out of a rock!:D
 
And still, What options do you have for a gun who under $200 that can be concealed? Not many
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Off the top of my head:

FEG PA-63 - $130
FEG AP-MBP - $120
Polish P-64 - $170
CZ-82 - $190

All well made, all reliable. The top 3 are pocketable, specially the P-64. The CZ easily conceals in a holster.

None made from zinc alloy.

Sorry for the thread hijack.
 
If the discussion had anything to do with preference to purchase, these choices would have merit, but that is not at all the case.

That said, the 9x18 round is precious little more than a .380. Ammo choices are very limited and when compared to 9x19 can be expensive. I have no doubt that most here wouldn't be caught tote'n a Jennings, but some would, since Jennings Nines can be found for $50 and maybe less.
 
I took the JN out today. It is improved, but I think I still have magazine issues. I'll start looking for a new or good one. There is a new wrinkle though. It often locks open while the mag still has rounds in it. Release the slide lock and it goes to battery just fine,...most of the time.:)
 
Do you have any shorter bullets to try. The nose of the bullet may be hitting the the edge of the slide stop.
 
Any chance you are hitting the slide lock (assuming it has one) with your thumb? I let one of the guys at the range try my P6 and the slide locked back a bunch of times. It's never happened to me in close to 1000 rounds. I'm left handed so I concluded his hands must have just been too big for the gun.

(This thread could use more turd polishing and less turd bashing.)
 
I wouldn't put a Jennings in the same league as a HI-Point. Hi-points are the only cheaply made handguns that actually work. I can't bring myself to bash them. The Lorcin /Davis/Raven/Cobra are all pretty dubious and I would count yourself lucky it doesn't take your fingers off when you shoot it. Snobbery aside I'm REALLY against the idea of using these guns with full powered ammo like 9mm. A 380 is the max I would consider at any price for fear of hurting my self with those things. Personally, I wouldn't even fire it.
 
Someone posts a question about a Jennings/Bryco/Lorcin
Then the gun snobs reply with insults.

I am shocked I tell you, shocked!
 
Let them rave, Picknlittle. I know where you're coming from.

I, too, enjoy the challenge of making clunky machinery work properly. Especially if that stubborn old hardware has some other personal meanings.

I think that almost all of us know that this gun will never be used for anything but fun.

So what's the problem, folks?
 
The "problem" as I see it, is that firearm should not be used period. Not for any reason because it's not safe. We just don't want to see anyone hurt. Potmetal guns should be boiled back down and reworked into something useful and safe.
 
Interesting links. I have been searching for any confirmed stories on these ka booms but have only been able to find them for Taurus, Sig, Kimber, Smith & Wesson etc. Almost all of the cases are confirmed to have happened with reloads.
Maybe we shouldn't be shooting anything.
 
Frankly, I find more certified cases of explosive disassembly among Glock .40s than I do among Jennings', Brycos, and all of the other cheapies. The cheapies are more likely to FTF than anything else.
 
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I left the Glocks off my list of what I found because I have always heard it related to lead reloads.

Should we start a new thread about handgun blow ups so Picknlittle can get back to getting his Jnine working?
 
Bufford,...I understand the way you see things. Thing is, I ain't wearin yer glasses, so don't expect me to see the way you do. I'm not shooting with or at you with it, so don't sweat the small s*&#!

As for the actual recommendations, I thank you each and every one. I'll look for or load some shorter bullets, and I'll be looking for another mag. I don't mind tinkering,...that's how I learn.
 
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