Update on the PT145 misfires & jams

[barbart]

OK I took the PT145 to the range today after thoroughly cleaning it (and it WAS dirty) and it fired great. The 88th round was an FTE - the next 20 went fine! I'm one happy lady now. Thanks for the tips.

 

[wally]

FTE -- eject or extract? If the empty is still in the chamber its an extraction failure, if the empty is caugt between the slide and the barrel, its an ejection can happen if your grip gets a little weak from fatigue. I watched my sister in disbelief as she repeatidly stovepiped my little Beretta .25ACP Jetfire -- if the grip is weak enough the gun can come up in recoil (such as it is with a .25) and litterly snatch the empty our of the air leading to a stovepipe time ejection failure.

--wally.

 

[Dave R]

Great!

I think Wally's right, that one FTE could have been a "limp wrist." Hard to tell. Keep your wrist well locked when shooting it, and see if that improves reliability further.

 

[beagler]

Any 145 owners ever have a failure to fire? If so, what kind of ammo were you using. I had two today: WWB and UMC.

 

[GW]

I had 3 FTF's tonight in my newly acquired (used) PT 145
I was using CCI Blazer Brass ammo
The primers on the 3 FTF's all looked like there was a good strike and 2 went off when I relaoded them into the mag but that 3rd one...
rangemaster agreed with me --bad primer/round
I guess the primers on this batch may be pretty hard
Only brought the one box so I don't know for sure if it is a gun or ammo problem yet

 

[beagler]

GW,
I shot a box of the CCI Brass yesterday, and had no issues at all.

 

[wally]

CCI has a reputation for having the "hardest" primers, Federal the softest. A few bad primers per 1000 rounds cheap ammo always seem to go together. Keep the striker channel clean and dry. You can get an immediate double strike with the PT-145 by simply pulling the trigger again -- one of the dubious features of DA autos as IMHO tap-rack-bang should be the proper response for a defense pistol click instead of BANG! ... BUT if you are shooting surplus ammo you must resist the temptation to practice the "drill" in case of a "hang-fire" round.

--wally.

 

[beagler]

wally,
Thanks for the good advice. I'm not sure if the firing pin channel is too gooped up or not. Any ideas on how to check or remove excess oil?
Thanks again.

 

[barbart]

empty still in the chamber

Wally - the empty was still in the chamber not stovepiped - is that a limp wristing thing?

 

[MPanova]

Not sure where you heard that CCI has the hardest primers?

I have put well over 5000 rounds of CCI Blazer Brass through my PT1911,PT145,24/7.45 and my Ruger P90 with out one single failure to fire. On the other hand before i stopped using it I ran across about 1 out of every 250-300 of the Winchester and Remington I was using that would fail to fire in my 24/7 and Pt145. They would for the most part work on a 2nd strike but when that would fail to fire the round I would throw them in my P90 and that 90% of the time would fire them.