the naked prophet
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So the wife and I went and shot the .40 M&Pc again. Or, rather, she fired it and I shot three rounds.
Anyway, we've now put over 500 rounds through it with no lube and no cleaning. Only a few malfunctions in the beginning, all of the premature slide lock type (slide lock engaged with ammo still in the mag), with some stuttering thrown in as well (I'm betting the slide lock was almost engaging, and that caused it to hesitate before going into battery).
But after 500 rounds, it started showing a new problem. She would pull the trigger, and *CLICK* but no bang. Eject the round in the chamber, and it has a light primer strike. But the strike is way off to the side, at the very edge of the primer. This happened exactly twice, out of 100 rounds (did not happen in the previous 400+).
To me that suggests that the gun is so dirty, it's not quite going into battery, and that the barrel is not quite locked up - hence the cartridge not being centered on the breech face. Whatever mechanism it is that keeps it from firing when out of battery still allows the striker to protrude a minute amount (less than 1mm) from the striker channel. Is that an accurate assessment?
Has anyone else had this problem, or is my wife just crazy to want to see how long it would take to make the gun so dirty that it stopped working?
Anyway, we've now put over 500 rounds through it with no lube and no cleaning. Only a few malfunctions in the beginning, all of the premature slide lock type (slide lock engaged with ammo still in the mag), with some stuttering thrown in as well (I'm betting the slide lock was almost engaging, and that caused it to hesitate before going into battery).
But after 500 rounds, it started showing a new problem. She would pull the trigger, and *CLICK* but no bang. Eject the round in the chamber, and it has a light primer strike. But the strike is way off to the side, at the very edge of the primer. This happened exactly twice, out of 100 rounds (did not happen in the previous 400+).
To me that suggests that the gun is so dirty, it's not quite going into battery, and that the barrel is not quite locked up - hence the cartridge not being centered on the breech face. Whatever mechanism it is that keeps it from firing when out of battery still allows the striker to protrude a minute amount (less than 1mm) from the striker channel. Is that an accurate assessment?
Has anyone else had this problem, or is my wife just crazy to want to see how long it would take to make the gun so dirty that it stopped working?