Jim NE
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Just bought a mid- 60's Walther P1...fascinating pistol! It's the era of P1 that does not have the reinforced slide or frame, so I intend to use only moderate or range ammo in it. It has seen very little use before I bought it.
I shot it on it's first outing the other day, and the first mag went great, but second mag had a failure top eject, as I recall. After that, every mag had some combination of failure to feeds or ejects. Got worse as gun got dirty. I didn't clean the gun before shooting because it looked pretty clean.
I don't mind sorting this pistol out, because I think that the gun - and the era it's from - is so cool. But I don't want to go down dead ends if I don't have to. I WILL clean and lube the gun before shooting it next time. Do you find fluff and buff of feed ramp helps on these?
The ammo used was American Eagle FMJ and a target reload called On Target, also a FMJ. I went with this ammo because the range didn't have Winchester white box, which I hear works good in these pistols. I 've read the P1 can be finicky to ammo...is this true? Also, the two mags looked near brand new. Could non original mags be the issue? I've bought some Winchester WB ammo that I'll try next time out. Any advice is appreciated.
I shot it on it's first outing the other day, and the first mag went great, but second mag had a failure top eject, as I recall. After that, every mag had some combination of failure to feeds or ejects. Got worse as gun got dirty. I didn't clean the gun before shooting because it looked pretty clean.
I don't mind sorting this pistol out, because I think that the gun - and the era it's from - is so cool. But I don't want to go down dead ends if I don't have to. I WILL clean and lube the gun before shooting it next time. Do you find fluff and buff of feed ramp helps on these?
The ammo used was American Eagle FMJ and a target reload called On Target, also a FMJ. I went with this ammo because the range didn't have Winchester white box, which I hear works good in these pistols. I 've read the P1 can be finicky to ammo...is this true? Also, the two mags looked near brand new. Could non original mags be the issue? I've bought some Winchester WB ammo that I'll try next time out. Any advice is appreciated.