A used P380: the good, the bad, the ugly, and a happy ending.

[josp]

It just so happens I have an extra set of PM9 sights lying around I could send to you or install on your slide if you want.

[SmokyT]

Great post, Greg! Thank you so much for sharing your experience and fix with us.
My P380 also had persistent FTFire (light strikes) problems, which I also figured (finally) was attributable to the cocking mechanism. But I did not want to disassemble the trigger and cocking mechanisms. So I used an old inner recoil spring from Kel-Tec P3AT to make a custom striker spring that is strong enough to strike primers of high quality defensive ammo but not strong enough to move the slide back as I pull the trigger.


I just tested this custom striker spring by shooting 81 rounds of Speer GDs that I normally carry without a single light primer strike. (Cost me over $100 to test the reliability of this little gun with my carry ammo!) I'll see if this new striker spring also works on cheeper range ammo by CCI and UMC...

[gb6491]

TucsonMTB, Nice to see you posting and thanks! Hope all is well with you and yours.

marshal kane, thanks

Bawanna and BEARDOG, I must say that I'm an admirer of the work you both do, so your comments are especially heart felt.

josp, that's an excellent offer. I haven't really considered swapping the sights out, but will PM you.

SmokyT, thank you for posting the info on your custom striker spring. That kind of input is very much appreciated!

Regards,
Greg

[berettabone]

[Bobshouse]

Tagged so I can find this again!