Wondering about your experiences with function and break-in.
I just took a guy through the Texas CHL course. As usual, I had a tested 1911 and ammunition along just in case and,as frequently happens, It was a good thing.
He had just bough a ppks from the current Walther/S&W production and it was producing a number of failures to feed with two types of quality ammunition. The problem seems to be difficulty in feeding the rim under the extractor. We fired 50-100 rounds and the situation seemed to be improving but never fully resolved itself. By the end of the day, those malfs that did occur could usually be solved by simpling giving the slide a light push to chamber the round. Some required slightly retracting the slide and letting it snap forward.
The gun was thoroughtly de-greased, cleaned and lubricated before shooting. Is this a fairly common-new gun-pre-break in situation? I don't recall it with PPK/PPKs es I've owned.
I just took a guy through the Texas CHL course. As usual, I had a tested 1911 and ammunition along just in case and,as frequently happens, It was a good thing.
He had just bough a ppks from the current Walther/S&W production and it was producing a number of failures to feed with two types of quality ammunition. The problem seems to be difficulty in feeding the rim under the extractor. We fired 50-100 rounds and the situation seemed to be improving but never fully resolved itself. By the end of the day, those malfs that did occur could usually be solved by simpling giving the slide a light push to chamber the round. Some required slightly retracting the slide and letting it snap forward.
The gun was thoroughtly de-greased, cleaned and lubricated before shooting. Is this a fairly common-new gun-pre-break in situation? I don't recall it with PPK/PPKs es I've owned.