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Well, I went to the range after a long absence and it was not the greatest day. I shot my as-yet-unfired-by-Wifey P380 #2 and had multiple problems... slide not locking back, slide locking back prematurely and magazine drops, as well as FTFeeds. I really try to keep my thumb off the release by holding it down and away with my supporting thumb. I'm thinking that most of these malfunctions are caused by a less than optimal magazine catch.
Next I shot my PM45 and started with the carry mags and ammo. No problems there.
Then I started shooting my carry mags and ammo in my PM9. WTF! Steady grouping to the left! I shot 6+1 and then the spare 8-round extended grip carry mag with almost identical groups to the left! I looked at the sights and tried to see if one wasn't centered... sights okay.
I then started shooting some Craig Manufactured 124-gr FMJ reloads... I bought 1,000 over a decade ago at a gun show. These were going exactly where I wanted. I was using my old K9 7-round mags. At the end of the first of those mags(round 6 of 7), the pistol jammed and I saw the front extractor pin lying on the table!
By that time I was the only shooter and one of the owners was there and he went out and looked for the extractor for at least 10 minutes while I kept looking around my area AND keeping arriving shooters from firing. We had no success.
Now this sucked because I was carrying the PM9 and had shot up all the other ammo... and the P380 wouldn't fit in the Minituck, anyhow. I had no ammo for the PM45 which fits the Minituck as well. I DID have a new box of Speer 124-gr +P GDSB that I hoped to talk the guy who helped me into swapping for a box of .45 230-gr GDSB so I would have some of my regular carry ammo and could CC the PM45.
They had all versions of Gold Dots, including the Short Barrel ... 124-gr +P 9mm $32.95/20 and 230-gr .45 $38.95. The guy let me pay the difference plus tax... about $6.40 or so! Fantastic! That could have cost me $41.68 for 20 rounds!
Anyhow, the guy said they would keep an eye out for the extractor, but I'm going to order some spares for the other polymer models when I ask for a new mag catch for the P380.
I took the PM9 slide apart and the striker was rather wet and dirty, so I've gotten too much lubricant back there. The only part missing was the extractor. It now seems like that is another good part to have on hand, as well as the other parts of the extractor "train". I have a spare front pin... at least, for the PM45, and will look through my parts and see what else I might add to the order.
It's amazing that the extractor can "drop out" like that, but this isn't the first instance, though it does seem rare... but two in a week or so??
First picture is of PM45 results from 7 yards shooting first a MecGar O6 with unknown follower... not sure if stock... all in the bullseye. The right side is from the Colt O6 upgraded to 7 round capacity. The MecGar locked the slide back and the Colt didn't. Both mags protrude about 1/2" from the grip. I've put a strip of that "Wonder" silicon tape on the exposed part of the MecGar.
The next two are of the PM9 at 7 yards, shooting my carry mags and then the K9 mag with range fodder.
Wynn
Next I shot my PM45 and started with the carry mags and ammo. No problems there.
Then I started shooting my carry mags and ammo in my PM9. WTF! Steady grouping to the left! I shot 6+1 and then the spare 8-round extended grip carry mag with almost identical groups to the left! I looked at the sights and tried to see if one wasn't centered... sights okay.
I then started shooting some Craig Manufactured 124-gr FMJ reloads... I bought 1,000 over a decade ago at a gun show. These were going exactly where I wanted. I was using my old K9 7-round mags. At the end of the first of those mags(round 6 of 7), the pistol jammed and I saw the front extractor pin lying on the table!
By that time I was the only shooter and one of the owners was there and he went out and looked for the extractor for at least 10 minutes while I kept looking around my area AND keeping arriving shooters from firing. We had no success.
Now this sucked because I was carrying the PM9 and had shot up all the other ammo... and the P380 wouldn't fit in the Minituck, anyhow. I had no ammo for the PM45 which fits the Minituck as well. I DID have a new box of Speer 124-gr +P GDSB that I hoped to talk the guy who helped me into swapping for a box of .45 230-gr GDSB so I would have some of my regular carry ammo and could CC the PM45.
They had all versions of Gold Dots, including the Short Barrel ... 124-gr +P 9mm $32.95/20 and 230-gr .45 $38.95. The guy let me pay the difference plus tax... about $6.40 or so! Fantastic! That could have cost me $41.68 for 20 rounds!
Anyhow, the guy said they would keep an eye out for the extractor, but I'm going to order some spares for the other polymer models when I ask for a new mag catch for the P380.
I took the PM9 slide apart and the striker was rather wet and dirty, so I've gotten too much lubricant back there. The only part missing was the extractor. It now seems like that is another good part to have on hand, as well as the other parts of the extractor "train". I have a spare front pin... at least, for the PM45, and will look through my parts and see what else I might add to the order.
It's amazing that the extractor can "drop out" like that, but this isn't the first instance, though it does seem rare... but two in a week or so??
First picture is of PM45 results from 7 yards shooting first a MecGar O6 with unknown follower... not sure if stock... all in the bullseye. The right side is from the Colt O6 upgraded to 7 round capacity. The MecGar locked the slide back and the Colt didn't. Both mags protrude about 1/2" from the grip. I've put a strip of that "Wonder" silicon tape on the exposed part of the MecGar.
The next two are of the PM9 at 7 yards, shooting my carry mags and then the K9 mag with range fodder.
Wynn
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