cloudsrest
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I have a fairly new LCP II that has been having failure to extract issues, about once per magazine at first with Freedom Munitions. I initially contacted Ruger and they had me send it in. They were quick to work on it and I already have it back with a new barrel and slide, but it’s still having extraction issues with most ammo. Armscore is the worst and fails almost every round.
The one round it does not have any issues with is Sig Sauer V-Crown JHP in nickel plated casings. This ammo is obviously more slick/easier to extract, but I also noticed that it doesn’t deform nearly as much after being fired. I can drop a spent Sig casing into the chamber and twist it 360 degrees with my finger nail. The spent brass casings (Blazer, Armscore, Freedom Munitions) all stick pretty badly in the chamber if I twirl them. The unfired rounds do not. I don’t know if the case deformation happens from firing or from jamming when it fails to extract.
Instead of sending it back again, I’d like to pick your brains on how to resolve this: Should I polish the chamber? Somehow stiffen the extractor spring? Any other ideas? I don’t see anything physically wrong with it, but some of the spent casings really stick in the chamber when I drop them back in.
Another thought: what if I put in a stiffer recoil spring? I know this seems counterintuitive, but if I slow down the slide then maybe the extractor won’t slip off the case as easily?
The one round it does not have any issues with is Sig Sauer V-Crown JHP in nickel plated casings. This ammo is obviously more slick/easier to extract, but I also noticed that it doesn’t deform nearly as much after being fired. I can drop a spent Sig casing into the chamber and twist it 360 degrees with my finger nail. The spent brass casings (Blazer, Armscore, Freedom Munitions) all stick pretty badly in the chamber if I twirl them. The unfired rounds do not. I don’t know if the case deformation happens from firing or from jamming when it fails to extract.
Instead of sending it back again, I’d like to pick your brains on how to resolve this: Should I polish the chamber? Somehow stiffen the extractor spring? Any other ideas? I don’t see anything physically wrong with it, but some of the spent casings really stick in the chamber when I drop them back in.
Another thought: what if I put in a stiffer recoil spring? I know this seems counterintuitive, but if I slow down the slide then maybe the extractor won’t slip off the case as easily?