CW380 Fail to go into battery...!!!!!

[TheLastDaze]

tis okay as I've brought ammo and forgot the gun !!!! course I had two others in 9 but I had also brought 40 ammo, but wrong caliber gun...... now I double check my glock cases before I stow them in the bag...

[timboy]

I hope you have better luck than some of us and rememder to throw a crap ton of high dollar self defense ammo in it for the 200 round break in,at least $1 a round minimum should break it in niceley.

[TheLastDaze]

the verdict is in....

shot 250 rounds today... let me start off by saying how impressed I am with this gun, it feels better and shoots better (not more accurate) than my LCP (pocket carry)...I honestly believe this is what a pocket gun should feel like, perfection (maybe cuz its a tad bigger than LCP,makes it feel better)... course today I was simply shooting it to break in not really focusing on accuracy as much, still pulling a little low left with the Kahr trigger (same thing pm9)..I'll get use to it..

I shot 200 handloads and a various mix of others... Only failure was FTRB, almost all handloads returned to battery, there were a few exceptions probably less than 10% FTRB...My handloads are mixed range brass 100gr berrys RN bullets, cci primer, CFE Pistol Powder....

I shot three types of Corbon, lots of battery issues, maybe 35% or more...
I shot only 3rds Lehigh XTP no problems

Now on to the perfecta trash that wouldn't hand cycle, well it wouldn't do it live either.... I gave up on it after a few struggles, mangaged to fire maybe 5 rounds....

I have 3 mags, two 6rd flush, and one 7rd... The gun failed to lock back almost all the time, except with the 7 round mag.... I'm going to chalk this up as user error and didn't even think of the slide lock and my thumb until the drive home, I will be more observant of this next time but I'm pretty sure it was me as with the 7 round mag I could adjust my grip to accommodate the extension...

These battery issues are most likely chamber related and or spring related really hard to say as it cycled brass that's been shot at least 2-3 times almost without a hiccup...

ANYHOW its safe to say gun is broken in and I will clean it up, may even detail strip the slide as well, though I'm sure not necessary with this few rounds.. I only detail after 1k normally....

It will be interesting to hear back from the guys that have sent their guns in...

In Summary: I really am pleased with this piece, and will remain hopeful that after I clean the gun it will never have another issue, again the failure to lock back was most likely me....

[TheLastDaze]

stripped the little 380, wow talk about small parts !!!!reminds me of a .25.. I dropped the extractor plunger out in the garage and luckily it didn't land in a box junk I have under the bench as it was hard enough to find in plain site!!!!!

I was surprised how oily the striker and other parts were from the factory....

I've detail striped my PM9 and used a super small rod from my leatherman to depress the plunger, but man on this thing its really small.... found the best thing to use is a big paper clip which now resides in my cleaning box...

cleaned everything up with alcohol and left it dry for installation.....

she's ready for the range...

[DavidR]

Glad to hear you like how it feels and shoots. I felt the same way about mine. There's no way I'm going to detail strip any gun let alone a tiny 380!

Will be interested in your next range outing. My FTRB improved some with use but after 500 rounds the continued failures rendered the gun acceptable for carry. Only ammo that was flawless was Hornady Critical Defense.