Posted: 8/10/2011 9:03:59 PM EDT
| My girlfriend and I went shooting this last weekend and she was having fun with my XDM 9mm when one of the rounds didn't go into battery. I told her to hold on and tried to pull the slide back to see what was going on...it wouldn't budge. I didn't know if it was an empy shell casing or a live round in there but eventually put the edge of the slide on a picnic table and put a lot of weight on the gun and it ejected a live round. I thought it may be just a fluke, maybe she held it wrong or something so I put the mag back in, loaded a new round just fine fired it and the same thing happened. Put it on the edge of the picnic table again and ejected the live round. I put it away after that and we shot the rest of the toys. I haven't really had a chance to look at it but does anybody know of something I could look at before I have to call Springfield? |
| I thought she was the problem that's why I tried it and same thing. I did find the issue though. When we were cleaning up all the rounds got dumped out so when I tried dropping a couple in the chamber they would go fine. Well I got bored enough to try every single round and sure enough found 2 that are bulged and wouldn't drop in all the way. |
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FWIW, I had a very similar incident with a Ruger P95. Ended up with a bulged barrel due to firing with an obstruction. The slide wouldn't go past the bulged area. Mine was so bad that it had to go back to Ruger for a new barrel. Check for any imperfections/variances in the barrel catching in the slide.
Brian |
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I thought she was the problem that's why I tried it and same thing. I did find the issue though. When we were cleaning up all the rounds got dumped out so when I tried dropping a couple in the chamber they would go fine. Well I got bored enough to try every single round and sure enough found 2 that are bulged and wouldn't drop in all the way. Problem solved! It only takes a few to ruin a trip, so it is a good habit. A case gauge is a good investment, as they are undersized compared to your chamber generally, and you can run through your ammo and find potential problems before you hit the range. |