Garandimal
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First range trip was disappointing. This was mostly due to how poorly I shot, but also some pistol problems.
As to pistol problems:
The night I got the pistol, I detail stripped, checked for obvious flaws, cleaned & lubed. Took it to the range on Friday and fired 177 rounds. 152 rounds of 230 grain ball and 25 Winchester JHPs of indeterminate pedigree. (Quite likely the cheapest JHPs I could find at Wal-Mart about 10 years ago.) I got 2 failures to feed out of the ball ammo. I'm not sure if these were out of the same magazine, but I'll be looking into that. I'm also hoping that a couple of hundred rounds will break the pistol in. The JHPs had one dud primer, but otherwise fed and ran perfectly.
Also, 'one drop' of oil from a Weapon Shield bottle is apparently a much bigger drop than contemplated by S&W. I lubed according to the owner's manual, putting only 'one drop' where it said to. It was still obvious that I was it was running it too wet. Oil was coming out of places it should not have been. Time to invest in a needle dropper.
Tip.
W/o the mag in, turn the pistol upside down... and rack it a hundred times.
This puts the parts in contact that come in contact during recoil.
Have had a few break-in problems go away after doing this.
Shooting a few boxed may do the same.
GR