M2 Carbine : Have you considered asking Sig to replace that pistol with one that actually works ? Considering what these things cost, I feel that you should recieve satisfaction, or your $$$ returned.
I'm working on it.
I haven't shot the gun in a few weeks but today I thought I'd run some more ammo through it and then call SIG again.
I shot about 60 rounds of mixed ammo. It jammed extracting/ejecting about every 2nd-3rd magazine.
I talked to a nice fellow at SIG, who said I need a new extractor.
I said I don't think so. I believe I know the problem and here's what's happening.
Upon extracting, the fired case base is hitting the top bullet in the magazine hard. The case then does one of three things.
The case is ejected from the gun.
The case pulls loose from the extractor and pops forward into the chamber.
Or the case is jammed half way out of the chamber by the top round in the magazine.
I told him I have pictures, including one of the bullets, that I took today.
He said he would appreciate seeing them, so I e-mailed them.
In this close up it can be seen that the extracting case and the top bullet in the magazine are smacking together pretty hard. Sometimes the edge of the case mouth also is hit hard by the extracting case but I didn't save any of those tobay.
I have an idea but I'll see what SIG says.
When you P238 owners are shooting, check the 2nd or 3rd chambered round bullet and see if it has dings like this, indicating it was hit by the preceding extracting/ejecting case.
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