Double Eject ? Failure without stoppage.

[Conte]

At was at the range yesturday firing my NP-29 (Norc 9mm 1911) when the strangest thing happened.

One shot I fired, not only ejected the spent round, but it somehow ejected the next live round in the mag, but still correctly chambered the round after that.

When I fired the shot before this happened, the recoil did feel funny. Almost like the gun cycled slower . . . or twice. This sensation was naturally a red flag, so I stopped firing to inspect the gun. I was surprised to find a round chambered and ready to go.

It's funny cause I somehow caught eyeshot of that unfired round ejecting and had to double take.

I only ever fire reloads and this was not exception. I was using 127g bullets a buddie cast for me, and whereas the gun has run 100% with my other reloads using different bullets, this bullet is the only one in which the resulting reloads would give me stove pipes. It's a short bullet that seats a lower then normal OAL, I wonder if that has anything to do with it. This load also once stovepiped my M&P9, which is about the only legit failure I've had with that gun. That bullet leads too, don't think I'll be getting more. 3.7g Bullzeye, autodisk, turret press.

 

[Trigger_The_Rookie]

Loose feed lips?

 

[PapaHotel01]

Lol, yeah, I've had this happen with a 9mm Colt Commander. Your magazine feed lips have spread and are allowing the round to eject from the mag. Try this, not often because you can damage your ejector, load a full mag and with the slide locked back slam it in the mag well. Chances are the mag will eject a number of rounds, maybe all, out the ejection port.
My Commander would seem to function fine but I couldn't figure out why a mag I was sure was full (9 rounds) when I put it in the gun fired only 4 or 5 rounds flawlessly and then locked back empty. I tried it a second time with a mag I double checked was full and repeated the process, again it locked back on an empty mag after 5 rounds. That's when I locked the slide open and rammed in a full mag....and watched all 9 rounds arc gracefully out the ejection port.

 

[Cocked&Locked]

had this happen with norc 9mm mags, and some damaged XD9 mags

 

[enefgee]

It's the government's new way of making sure you don't have too many rounds in your mag.

 

[Conte]

It's the government's new way of making sure you don't have too many rounds in your mag.

Hah!

 

[Conte]

Well, I gave it a try and no go. Seems fine in that respect. So far this has only happened the once. Maybe it'll happen more.
I was mid mag when it happened.

I've only had the gun a month or so, has less then 600 rounds thru' it, can't see it taking on wear like that yet.

I do figure it was something like that, a round just coming loose from the mag. Suppose for now, I'll call it a fluke.

In other news, when I do slam in a mag, the slide will release and load a round.

Lol, yeah, I've had this happen with a 9mm Colt Commander. Your magazine feed lips have spread and are allowing the round to eject from the mag. Try this, not often because you can damage your ejector, load a full mag and with the slide locked back slam it in the mag well. Chances are the mag will eject a number of rounds, maybe all, out the ejection port.
My Commander would seem to function fine but I couldn't figure out why a mag I was sure was full (9 rounds) when I put it in the gun fired only 4 or 5 rounds flawlessly and then locked back empty. I tried it a second time with a mag I double checked was full and repeated the process, again it locked back on an empty mag after 5 rounds. That's when I locked the slide open and rammed in a full mag....and watched all 9 rounds arc gracefully out the ejection port.

 

[Lexthedestroyer]

I had a savage .22 mag get bent on on me, and after straightening it out, and loading 10 rounds into it, it spat out all 10 in a fairly spectacular rainbow...

 

[enefgee]

I had a savage .22 mag get bent on on me, and after straightening it out, and loading 10 rounds into it, it spat out all 10 in a fairly spectacular rainbow...

I had a (name brand) 1911 mag twist when I pulled it from the mag pouch once (bad technique knows no limits) and it did a similar thing - looks pretty cool in the basement, wouldn't be so hot in the real world.