CW45 Slide Locked Closed

[2edgesword]

Hi Folks,

A little leverage using the edge of a table and I got the slide back and the round freed. It doesn't look like a light strike so I'm thinking a bad primer. I'm going to try to make it to the range tonight and I'll give a report when I get back.

[Bawanna]

Whooow, good report, glad that's over. Just for the record what kind of ammo was it. Homemade, or factory or what? I'm wondering if it tried to launch the bullet and it just went enough to get jammed in the lands or if the bullet was too long to begin with and hit them when it was chambered.
I'd pull that bullet and see if theres any powder in it too or shake it and see if you hear or feel it moving around.

[Longitude Zero]

I am glad it worked out. A knowledgeable gunsmith has the tools and expertise to safely solve that and mandy other issues. The one in my locale has seen that trouble more than a few times.

[2edgesword]

Back after sending 100 rounds down range with not a hiccup. Compared the firing pin indent on the round that didn't fire against a sample of spend cartridges and I'm 99% sure the cause of the mishap was a bad primer versus a light strike.

BTW, it was factory ammo (Fiocchi) not a reload. Having said that I've fired hundreds of rounds of Fiocchi ammo of various calibers and this is the first time I've had a fail to fire.

[MW surveyor]

Glad to read that you got it fixed. Had the same problem with a Taurus. Lot of force on the edge of the bench also did it for me.

[ripley16]

Glad to hear the happy ending. Fiocchi ammo is generally very reliable. The only factory ammo I've had get stuck is Mag Tech and it was in several different brands of firearm, not just my P45.

[jocko]

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Back after sending 100 rounds down range with not a hiccup. Compared the firing pin indent on the round that didn't fire against a sample of spend cartridges and I'm 99% sure the cause of the mishap was a bad primer versus a light strike.

BTW, it was factory ammo (Fiocchi) not a reload. Having said that I've fired hundreds of rounds of Fiocchi ammo of various calibers and this is the first time I've had a fail to fire.

that IMO you stillhad a stuck round, a light striker or bad primer willnot cause the slide to lock up. Your gun is OK, just a out of spec round or case even. You might want to give the chamber a good polishing with a dremel and polishing cone or some 600+ grip auto paper rolled up on a dowel or pencil . Just polish away, ur not gonna hurt anything.

glad you got it all cleared to... no harm no foul.