Hello all,
I've been doing a lot of training with my venerable P226, and have encountered some problems that I have not heard of previously.
Most recently, I had a magazine that would not eject reliably. I initially blamed the pistol, a German-born one chambered in 9mm, manufactured in the early 90's. After removing the magazine release and reinstalling it, I could not identify any problem with it.
Upon closer inspection of the magazine, I found a burr/ridge along the upper side of the notch where it is retained within the grip. My release is on the left side, so the burr/ridge was on the upper right side of the magazine's retention notch.
It's apparent to me that the burr/ridge is new. It was just enough to keep the magazine from ejecting most of the time. After filing it down, the magazine now ejects normally.
Has anyone else encountered this? Reliability is obviously of concern. I assume I'm causing it, but have no idea how. My training is pretty agressive, in all elements, with speed reloads, on the move, etc. I've stepped on some magazines, but the damage to this one appears to have come from the pistol itself, perhaps from tugging too strongly on the magazine without the release fully depressed.
Any ideas?
I've been doing a lot of training with my venerable P226, and have encountered some problems that I have not heard of previously.
Most recently, I had a magazine that would not eject reliably. I initially blamed the pistol, a German-born one chambered in 9mm, manufactured in the early 90's. After removing the magazine release and reinstalling it, I could not identify any problem with it.
Upon closer inspection of the magazine, I found a burr/ridge along the upper side of the notch where it is retained within the grip. My release is on the left side, so the burr/ridge was on the upper right side of the magazine's retention notch.
It's apparent to me that the burr/ridge is new. It was just enough to keep the magazine from ejecting most of the time. After filing it down, the magazine now ejects normally.
Has anyone else encountered this? Reliability is obviously of concern. I assume I'm causing it, but have no idea how. My training is pretty agressive, in all elements, with speed reloads, on the move, etc. I've stepped on some magazines, but the damage to this one appears to have come from the pistol itself, perhaps from tugging too strongly on the magazine without the release fully depressed.
Any ideas?