This morning I went to the range, and discovered both my primary and backup guns were not functioning properly.
My newly installed Navidex micarta slim grips shifted during recoil and blocked the magazine catch. The magazine wouldn't eject.
Brownell's informed me the grips had not been properly recessed for the AFS slim line screws, and the grips needed to be returned. In fact, Brownell's has stopped selling the grips due to this problem.
Then the cases from my 158 gr LSWCHP +p carry loads wouldn't fall free from my back up .38's cylinder. The cases had to be pulled out by hand. This hadn't ever occured before with this load. I am not sure why they wouldn't eject properly. My 158 gr JHP handloads ejected fine. The cylinder was clean before firing the loads.
This was particularly disturbing because last night I was stuck in a very bad part of Indianapolis carrying these weapons.
Check and test your carry ammo and weapons often, especially when you add even minor accessories.
My newly installed Navidex micarta slim grips shifted during recoil and blocked the magazine catch. The magazine wouldn't eject.
Brownell's informed me the grips had not been properly recessed for the AFS slim line screws, and the grips needed to be returned. In fact, Brownell's has stopped selling the grips due to this problem.
Then the cases from my 158 gr LSWCHP +p carry loads wouldn't fall free from my back up .38's cylinder. The cases had to be pulled out by hand. This hadn't ever occured before with this load. I am not sure why they wouldn't eject properly. My 158 gr JHP handloads ejected fine. The cylinder was clean before firing the loads.
This was particularly disturbing because last night I was stuck in a very bad part of Indianapolis carrying these weapons.
Check and test your carry ammo and weapons often, especially when you add even minor accessories.