Buck13
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My wife has a P290RS in .380 that has maybe 100-200 rounds through it. I took it to the range yesterday (without her along this time) to play with it, since I'd really never had a chance to shoot it. Had nasty failure-to-feed jams almost every round from both magazines with Speer Lawman RN and S+B RN. Some I could thumb the slide closed, but half of them I had to drop the mag and work the slide to clear.
At first I thought maybe it was just dry, but lubing the slide, extractor and bolt face made no difference
I had eight rounds of WWB FP ammo in my other .380's mag, which I ran through it. I *think* all those fed OK, but that was early in the ordeal and I may have mis-remembered it.
When I got home, I asked if she'd ever had problems. She said "No, you know me. If it had done that to me, I'd throw it out the window of the car on the way home." (This is true. Not the right thing to do, but...) She'd have been using the same S+B and Speer ammo, I'm pretty sure, since I buy all our ammo and dole it out. So, ammo selection might not be the answer.
I'm going to strip it down tonight probably for cleaning and inspection. Anything specific to look for on these?
I really want this little gun to work. I enjoyed shooting it when it cycled. If I can't solve the problem, might need to sell it and get a .380 P365
At first I thought maybe it was just dry, but lubing the slide, extractor and bolt face made no difference
I had eight rounds of WWB FP ammo in my other .380's mag, which I ran through it. I *think* all those fed OK, but that was early in the ordeal and I may have mis-remembered it.
When I got home, I asked if she'd ever had problems. She said "No, you know me. If it had done that to me, I'd throw it out the window of the car on the way home." (This is true. Not the right thing to do, but...) She'd have been using the same S+B and Speer ammo, I'm pretty sure, since I buy all our ammo and dole it out. So, ammo selection might not be the answer.
I'm going to strip it down tonight probably for cleaning and inspection. Anything specific to look for on these?
I really want this little gun to work. I enjoyed shooting it when it cycled. If I can't solve the problem, might need to sell it and get a .380 P365