Before I start, I just ask that you bear with me; I'm relatively new to pistol shooting so my technical terminology isn't very good.
I shot my new G19 for the first time today and I ran into a strange surprise. The pistol has some serious trouble chambering rounds. When the slide is locked back and I insert a new magazine, the pistol won't chamber a round when I release the slide catch. The action moves forward slightly, and then becomes caught up on the rear of the pistol. In effect, the bullet becomes a new slide catch.
If I rack the slide a few times, the bullet finally goes in.
I thought this was a magazine problem at first, but I tried the other mag and the same thing happened. I tried different ammo, and the same thing happened. I'm bummed. I was really looking forward to finally having enough money to buy one of these. Any idea what on earth is wrong?