I went to the pistol range today to shoot 4 guns that I have acquired over the last few months, and had never shot before. Here's how it went.
1975 Ruger Mark I - Shot the first 10 rounds quite accurately. Only had 1 magazine - I've ordered more but they have vanished like all the others lately. Loaded my seond mag - get 3 rounds and...nothing. I eject the mag and it has sort of collapsed...spring broke. So I move on to...
1903 Colt .32 - Got it for a great price, but no magazine. I ordered aftermarket ones from 2 sources. No surprise, that they didn't work worth a darn, but I have heard sometimes you get lucky and they will work. Both mags, whether I loaded 2,3, 4, 5 or6 rounds...the first round fired after racking the slide..next round stovepiped unfired and jammed. Both mags exactly the same no matter what I tried. So, I shot it about 5 rounds. Okay, next...
1977 Walther P1 - I have 3 mags for it - I load them all up - shoot 3 or 4 rounds and I get a failure to eject. Clear that up - next round another FTE - one more time, same thing. I look and see that the extractor, spring and detent(?) are gone. (sigh)
Bersa Thunder .380 - at least this gun performed perfectly - shot 100 rounds with no issues at all. Thank goodness. I don't know if I could have taken another problem today.
Anyone else had that bad of a day?
1975 Ruger Mark I - Shot the first 10 rounds quite accurately. Only had 1 magazine - I've ordered more but they have vanished like all the others lately. Loaded my seond mag - get 3 rounds and...nothing. I eject the mag and it has sort of collapsed...spring broke. So I move on to...
1903 Colt .32 - Got it for a great price, but no magazine. I ordered aftermarket ones from 2 sources. No surprise, that they didn't work worth a darn, but I have heard sometimes you get lucky and they will work. Both mags, whether I loaded 2,3, 4, 5 or6 rounds...the first round fired after racking the slide..next round stovepiped unfired and jammed. Both mags exactly the same no matter what I tried. So, I shot it about 5 rounds. Okay, next...
1977 Walther P1 - I have 3 mags for it - I load them all up - shoot 3 or 4 rounds and I get a failure to eject. Clear that up - next round another FTE - one more time, same thing. I look and see that the extractor, spring and detent(?) are gone. (sigh)
Bersa Thunder .380 - at least this gun performed perfectly - shot 100 rounds with no issues at all. Thank goodness. I don't know if I could have taken another problem today.
Anyone else had that bad of a day?