Hi fellow shooters!
In the last year, I have had this particular malfunction happen to me twice in two different guns of two different vintages; first in a 5906 that I bought used and now recently in a new CZ75-P07. Both times it happened using CCI aluminum case Blazer FMJ ammo.
I was able to replicate the failure with snap caps on the 5906 after trying about 100 times hand-cycling the slide. I replaced the extractor spring on that gun and have not seen the problem since. I was very surprised to see it on a new gun (the CZ) that has less than 700 rounds through it.
If you're not familiar with this particular malfunction, it's a failure to extract. The extractor somehow slips off the rim, the slide continues backwards and then comes forward to pick up the next round and shoves the next round's nose against the empty case still in the chamber. Clearing the malfunction, well, quite frankly sucks because the mag will not drop free as the top round hasn't cleared the feed lips and is bound up, so you must pry the magazine out and cycle the slide, hoping to clear the chamber, then re-seat the lead round in the magazine lips properly, then re-insert the magazine, then cycle the slide again.
What do you guys think promotes this malfunction; purely weak extractor springs or can accidentally limp-wristing cause this? Anyone know of any better ways to clear this malfunction other than how I've described?
In the last year, I have had this particular malfunction happen to me twice in two different guns of two different vintages; first in a 5906 that I bought used and now recently in a new CZ75-P07. Both times it happened using CCI aluminum case Blazer FMJ ammo.
I was able to replicate the failure with snap caps on the 5906 after trying about 100 times hand-cycling the slide. I replaced the extractor spring on that gun and have not seen the problem since. I was very surprised to see it on a new gun (the CZ) that has less than 700 rounds through it.
If you're not familiar with this particular malfunction, it's a failure to extract. The extractor somehow slips off the rim, the slide continues backwards and then comes forward to pick up the next round and shoves the next round's nose against the empty case still in the chamber. Clearing the malfunction, well, quite frankly sucks because the mag will not drop free as the top round hasn't cleared the feed lips and is bound up, so you must pry the magazine out and cycle the slide, hoping to clear the chamber, then re-seat the lead round in the magazine lips properly, then re-insert the magazine, then cycle the slide again.
What do you guys think promotes this malfunction; purely weak extractor springs or can accidentally limp-wristing cause this? Anyone know of any better ways to clear this malfunction other than how I've described?