Love my FNS pistols.
I got to 20k trigger reps on my FNS-9L (11k live fire / 9k dry fire) before my first parts failure the other day - the trigger reset had been getting really really soft for a few weeks, finally broke down the striker assembly and found the striker return spring had destroyed its self and was about 1/3 its original length. The gun still worked - sometimes you would have to manually reset the trigger.
Got a hold of FNH and sent that one, plus my 4" 9 back for some TLC (the 4" is around 17k trigger reps and the reset is noticeably weaker than on my almost brand new 40L)
Ok now that my fawning is over... Maybe you guys can help me out.
I've been shooting these things for years and over the last 2 weeks I've developed the nasty habit of disconnecting the magazine during reloads/draws - I cannot recreate this failure with dry fire - it's physically impossible for me to get my fingers on the mag release from what I can tell - yet somehow with recoil impulse/duress of the timer + live fire I cause these malfunctions?? I've managed to do this previously with a P30L LEM and even a Witness Match.
What I'm looking for is solutions - currently I'm turning over my holster selection, as they are kind of poorly designed and DON'T cover the mag release on either side - this is the most logical and almost the only thing I can think of (neither my P30L or Witness holster covered the mag release either) But That still leaves me confused as to how I've cause this malf right after a reload (only once after a reload thankfully).....
The next measure I'm taking is to get some Houge Handall grips - thinking maybe the additional offset will protect the mag release from my brutish gross motor movements on the timer, and the ONLY other thing I can think of is bubba-ing the mag releases by sanding them down more flush (I really don't) want to do that)
Anyone have any thoughts/input/similar experience? This is really freaking me out......All these rounds down range and never had this issue once, then in the last two weeks I've disconnected the mag on two different FNS pistols at least once every hundred rounds.
Pic related, my babies - I've actually reduced/eliminated most of the talon grips as this problem started more or less when I installed them, but now persists after removing most of the coverage, I'm so confused.
EDIT: I'm pretty lanky with long thin fingers, not sure if that's relevant.
EDIT2: it seems this guy:
Fellow FNSaddict was able to diagnose what was going on better than me - if these houge grips don't alleviate the issue I'm going full bubba mode.