Ammo for the 40's, Glock, Beretta and the French

[gudel]

First run of my new PX4 40 was flawless, gun fed, fired, extracted and ejected all rounds as normal. One thing I notice is that it's got a little more kick, similar kick like XD40. After shooting the PX4, I tried shooting my G22, where felt recoil is much softer! Hotdamn Mr. Glock

Picked up a bottle of Shooter's Choice lead cleaner after that. Streaks of lead in the bore are really difficult to remove even with rigorous brushing. I want my guns spotless! Let see what this new lead remover can do on polygonal barrel and regular land-and-groove barrel.

I also got some ammo for the 40's, it's the Winchester Ranger. I notice that in all ammunition boxes, there's always the usual warning, keep kids away, don't breathe the lead and the fumes, and blah blah. There's always similar warning in French. Why there's a need in that?

I would think the French wouldn't need any ammo as they always surrender without firing a shot. heh.. what a strange marketing strategy. I can see a gun for sale ad by a Frenchman read as: Gun for sale, never fired, dropped once.

What's with the warning in French? Anyone knows why?

 

[gudel]

man, do I hear cricket around here? If it's not about 1911, noboby talks.

While the Beretta is sound, so how do I fix this one other than sending it back to Colt? It likes to do this:

 

[briansp82593]

try different ammo... may be too snug for ur chamber
take a cleaning rod and tap it out

 

[bg226]

man, do I hear cricket around here? If it's not about 1911, noboby talks. While the Beretta is sound, so how do I fix this one other than sending it back to Colt? It likes to do this:

Reliable guns are boring, they never jam and work 100%. My Beretta Px4 has been flawless from round #1.

No need to practice failure-drills, tune the extractor, polish the feed-ramp, use different mags, pleading your case to customer service, paying for shipping, dealing with UPS/FEDEX because they will not ship the gun, waiting for the manufacturer to tell you IF the job is covered under warranty etc, etc...

About your 1911, can't help you there.

 

[PO2Hammer]

Well it looks like your Colt either needs an extractor tweek, or the Blazer ammo is not the way to go.

Midway sells extractor gauges and tension adjusters for the DIY kinda guy. That's the nice thing about the 1911, plenty of parts and tools available for tinkerers like me.

My series 80 is a .38 Super, so I'm not an expert on the .45's.

 

[alpinewhitey]

NAFTA

I think that if the product is sold throughout the North American Free Trade region, the wording needs to be in English, Espanol, and Francais (pour les quebecois, en fait)

Just my two cents
alpinewhitey

 

[gudel]

Reliable guns are boring, they never jam and work 100%. My Beretta Px4 has been flawless from round #1.

No need to practice failure-drills, tune the extractor, polish the feed-ramp, use different mags, pleading your case to customer service, paying for shipping, dealing with UPS/FEDEX because they will not ship the gun, waiting for the manufacturer to tell you IF the job is covered under warranty etc, etc...

No kidding there. No problem with the Beretta or the USP. No, changing ammo is not an acceptable solution, since the same ammo work with my HK/Beretta/Glock.
As for the ammo, it's not just the CCI Blazer, it does it with Winchester as well.

 

[MD_Willington]

pour les quebecois, en fait

Oui, Je ne parle pas l'espagnol, je parle et lis l'anglais et français

 

[dao]

Tant de francophones !

THR doit-il ouvrir un forum en Français ?

 

[alpinewhitey]

Quelle scandale!

THR en francais...hmmm

Peut-etre "Le chemin haut (LCH)?"

Sau in romaneasca atunci? (Sorry, a little Romanian there as well...)

This is why this is THE GREATEST forum on-line (superlative alert!)

alpinewhitey

 

[D3]

i have an ithica m1911a1 and i have similar problems only mine ejects fine but does not cock fully could this be to weak of recoil spring?

 

[Geronimo45]

"does not cock fully could this be to weak of recoil spring?"
Not hardly. The recoil spring is really a recoil-inhibitor - it reduces the kick of the gun somewhat, causes the slide to slam forwards and chamber a round. A weak recoil string might fail to bring the gun fully into battery (chamber a round properly), but it should not effect hammer being cocked in the least.
In other words, without that spring (essentially, the spring being extremely weak) the gun would fire. BANG. The slide would go back all the way and stay there, since there's no spring to shove it forwards.

Don't see how the gun could chamber a round and the hammer not be cocked... guessing that the hammer is not locking into position for some reason (broken piece of some kind... don't ask me what piece), and the hammer's falling forwards - but is stopped at the half-cock notch. If you post this question in the Gunsmithing forum, you could probably get a few replies - 1911 Tuner would probably know the reason behind your problem. Maybe the sear's worn down to a nub.

My, that PX4 has some nice lines to it. Pretty gun. Need to buy one.

I reckon there's a French warning 'cause they sell that ammo in the US and Canada.

 

[Run&Shoot]

1911 problem could be a rough chamber that the case forms around the scratches and gouges, and thus adheres to it. You might run some steel wool on a dowel in a drill to smooth it out. Also, the extractor could be too weak of spring, or worn angle/edge. You could replace the extractor and extractor spring.

Get the case out by putting a dowel down the barrel and banging it out. see if the case exterior looks all scratched up.

French labeling is required for any product sold in Canada. I think most Canadian shooters are pretty hardy, and they may well pick up all those French labeled firearms that are dropped on the battlefield.

 

[GeorgiaGlocker]

I use Speer Gold Dots 124 gr GDHP