Posted: 12/1/2013 5:53:36 PM EDT
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I've a S&W M&P I've had for years; it's been a great gun.
Today I happened to cycle the slide to remove a round while the mag was ejected. It didn't fly clear, in fact, it fell down the mag well! I thought, "That's weird, I must not have racked hard enough". I tried again, same result. Next I left the mag in and when I racked the slide it flew well clear. Repeated the whole process with the same results. OK, what's the problem? ... |
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My Shield does that. I decided that the upward pressure of the next round or follower forces the casing out the ejection port, but without a mag in it, gravity takes over as often as not and the round/casing slips down off the extractor prematurely.
I decided that an improper extraction is a non issue if it only happens with no mag in the gun, and it does not diminish my confidence in the handgun's reliability. My two cents. |
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I have 2 M&Ps, one of which has just over 10,000 rounds on it, that haven't had a stoppage of malfunction of any kind, however, when I eject a live round after removing the magazine the rounds will fall through the empty well.
I don't believe that represents a problem. |
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1911s should not do this if the extractor is tuned correctly I think a little bit more tension on the extractor of the 1911 wouldn't hurt Quoted:
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All of my pistols do this OP, polymer and 1911's... There is not a problem... 1911s should not do this if the extractor is tuned correctly I think a little bit more tension on the extractor of the 1911 wouldn't hurt Maybe, I think your probably right... However, I can't get this pistol to malfunction knock on wood. So I don't want to mess up a good thing. All my other 1911's I've owned in the past have done the same thing. All Springfields, all good pistols. |
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Chamber a round, remove the mag, then fire the gun. How does it extract doing that? Haha, true! I bet it extracts just fine that way... I learned the hard way a long time ago that hand cycling rounds is NOT a good indicator of firearm function. It led me to believe a Browning Hi-Power was reliable when it was not and I was carrying it in that condition. I basically had a 1-2 shot pistol on hand. Shooting firearms under actual recoil is a good way to check reliability though. I'll never carry another pistol without shooting 500-600 trouble free rounds with mixed ball & SD ammo thru it... |