just picked up a steyr s40

[gogojaye]

i just traded in my taurus millenium pt111 9mm in for a steyr s40 and only paid $ 100 extra to trade up . i was hating the looong trigger pull on the taurus . i was hoping that i would adjust to it but after putting about 700 rounds thru it, it never got any better. i took my new steyr out and am very excited about it .the trigger is definitely better and the 40 cal has alot more stopping power. so far people have been saying that you definitely need to put about 500 rds thru it to break it in. has anybody else experienced this? also, i had a few failure to fires once i ejected the round i noticed that it looked like the firing pin was not hitting center but off to the side this was true of all the failure to fires i had. does anyone have any thoughts on this.

 

[mrapathy2000]

good trade. be sure to checkout steyr club over at glocktalk
http://www.glocktalk.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=96

300-500 rounds for M40/M357 breakin for M9 its 500+

i had a few failure to fires once i ejected the round i noticed that it looked like the firing pin was not hitting center but off to the side this was true of all the failure to fires i had. does anyone have any thoughts on this.

is that with steyr or with taurus? should not be happening with steyr.

 

[Flashpoint]

is that with steyr or with taurus? should not be happening with steyr.

It shouldn't be happening period.

I recall someone else having that issue with thier Steyr, but that's about all I remember. Do a search and you should be able to find it.

 

[crt360]

My M40 didn't really seem to have a break in period. It never has had any feed or ejection problems. It is boringly reliable. The trigger doesn't seem any better or worse than the first day I shot it (several years ago). I haven't heard of too many off-center strikes, but a lot of pin swipe and dented brass. From talking with other Steyr owners both seem to be pretty common. The recoil springs aren't the heaviest and if you don't let the slide slam itself forward, you might be attempting to shoot slightly out-of-battery, which might be the cause of your off-center strikes. This happened to me once before I became familiar with the weak recoil spring and just manually eased the slide forward, apparently not enough - the result was a light, off-center non-firing strike (which I certainly preferred to a strong center punch, followed by the back end of the casing blowing out). That would be only thing I can think of that would relate to your problem. Pop in a mag, use the slide release lever to let the slide slam home, every time, and you should not have a problem. If you do a press check (which I wouldn't expect, since the gun has a chamber loaded indicator), be sure you press it back. If you carry, be sure the slide doesn't get set back from shoving the gun in the holster - I usually thumb the back of the slide whenever I draw just to be sure.

 

[gogojaye]

its happening with steyr. i did have trouble with theslide but yes if i insert the mag and let the slide go i haveless problems

 

[mrapathy2000]

which finish do you have parkerized,black oxide or other?

the slide can stick slightly short of being close when new after 300-500 rounds that goes away.

if you have parkerized slide use lots of oil and whipe excess.
check every so often and whipe with dry clothe oil might bleed some as temp changes. my pistols dont like lots of oil and dont like being completely dry either.

 

[gogojaye]

i have the black oxide and now i have been able to get out and break it in and have had no other problems thanks for all the help