I recently purchased a M&P9 range kit and tried it out at the range. Prior to shooting, I field-stripped the pistol, cleaned it and re-lubed it with gun oil exactly as directed by the owner's manual. This is my first restricted firearm.
For every shot I put downrange, I needed to rack the weapon again, and about once every ten shots had to remove the magazine to clear a jam. The issues encountered were:
-Failure to eject spent cartridge, cartridge remained in chamber (however, the firing mechanism was able to reset, creating a scenario where I successfully fired a round, but the next trigger pull made a "click" instead of a boom)
-Double feeds
-Spent cartridge lodged in breech, preventing return to battery (failure to fully eject spent cartridge)
My thinking is that a mechanical problem prevented the slide from fully cycling, as it was able to come back far enough to reset the firing mechanism, but not far enough to avoid one of the above problems. For every successful shot fired, one of these malfunctions occurred. Currently my line of thinking is to clean the gun and re-lube all contact surfaces between the slide and the frame. A range attendant recommended using much more oil than I had previously.
When manually cycling the firearm, all of my snapcaps ejected successfully with a quick, sharp pull on the slide. I feel I can safely rule out issues with the ejector spring or the ejector itself.
Does anyone else have similar experiences, or thoughts as to other potential issues I should explore?
For every shot I put downrange, I needed to rack the weapon again, and about once every ten shots had to remove the magazine to clear a jam. The issues encountered were:
-Failure to eject spent cartridge, cartridge remained in chamber (however, the firing mechanism was able to reset, creating a scenario where I successfully fired a round, but the next trigger pull made a "click" instead of a boom)
-Double feeds
-Spent cartridge lodged in breech, preventing return to battery (failure to fully eject spent cartridge)
My thinking is that a mechanical problem prevented the slide from fully cycling, as it was able to come back far enough to reset the firing mechanism, but not far enough to avoid one of the above problems. For every successful shot fired, one of these malfunctions occurred. Currently my line of thinking is to clean the gun and re-lube all contact surfaces between the slide and the frame. A range attendant recommended using much more oil than I had previously.
When manually cycling the firearm, all of my snapcaps ejected successfully with a quick, sharp pull on the slide. I feel I can safely rule out issues with the ejector spring or the ejector itself.
Does anyone else have similar experiences, or thoughts as to other potential issues I should explore?
