Olon
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Last weekend I went shooting and took my carry gun (a Gen3 G23). I believe it was 7F outside but calm and sunny so it didn't feel to bad. I decided to burn some carry ammo just to rotate it out.
It was Hornady American Gunner 180gr. JHP. Well, the first shot rang out and so did the steel I was shooting at. Nice. Still, something felt off. Sure enough, when I went for a second shot, I discovered that the trigger had not reset. Looking at the gun, I found that it was out of battery. The first case had ejected, but the second was sort of hung up on the feedramp. Chambered it and the same thing happened every 2-3 shots for the rest of the mag. Went on to shoot my range ammo (FMJ) and didn't have that happen once.
I've shot a lot of this ammo in warm summer months and never had an issue, which leads me to believe the powder they used is temperature sensitive enough to cause malfunctions when it's that cold and not a bullet geometry or gun issue. I could be wrong, though. I tried to recreate the issue by hand-cycling it just enough to eject and then letting it ride forward and I haven't been able to get it to happen again.
Has anyone else had an experience like this? Wish I had a picture but sadly I didn't think about that in the moment.
It was Hornady American Gunner 180gr. JHP. Well, the first shot rang out and so did the steel I was shooting at. Nice. Still, something felt off. Sure enough, when I went for a second shot, I discovered that the trigger had not reset. Looking at the gun, I found that it was out of battery. The first case had ejected, but the second was sort of hung up on the feedramp. Chambered it and the same thing happened every 2-3 shots for the rest of the mag. Went on to shoot my range ammo (FMJ) and didn't have that happen once.
I've shot a lot of this ammo in warm summer months and never had an issue, which leads me to believe the powder they used is temperature sensitive enough to cause malfunctions when it's that cold and not a bullet geometry or gun issue. I could be wrong, though. I tried to recreate the issue by hand-cycling it just enough to eject and then letting it ride forward and I haven't been able to get it to happen again.
Has anyone else had an experience like this? Wish I had a picture but sadly I didn't think about that in the moment.