My G27 seems to have an intermittent problem today. After getting my sights adjusted, I wanted to get in some practice rounds. I had 4 rounds out of 50 of factory Remington .40 S&W not fire.
They were struck by the firing pin but what’s odd is that the strike is towards the edge of the primer. Out of curiosity I reloaded one of the rounds and rotated the round so that the previous hit was at the bottom and then fired it. I tried two of the other 4 and those fired too.
Here is a pic of one of the rounds which failed to fire.
The inter-web seems to indicate one of 4 possibilities:
1) Weak grip
2) Gunked up firing pin guide
3) Weak or failing recoil spring
4) Damaged guide or rails
I guess it could be #1 but I think I’ve got a fairly consistent grip. I’ve put about 250 rounds through it before today and it’s never happened before. So let’s say it’s not that for now.
I checked items 2 & 4 and don’t see any issues. Everything seems to slide as it should.
So this leaves failing recoil spring. Do these things really fail? I don’t see anything wrong with it? Before I buy a new one, anything else I should be checking?
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They were struck by the firing pin but what’s odd is that the strike is towards the edge of the primer. Out of curiosity I reloaded one of the rounds and rotated the round so that the previous hit was at the bottom and then fired it. I tried two of the other 4 and those fired too.
Here is a pic of one of the rounds which failed to fire.
The inter-web seems to indicate one of 4 possibilities:
1) Weak grip
2) Gunked up firing pin guide
3) Weak or failing recoil spring
4) Damaged guide or rails
I guess it could be #1 but I think I’ve got a fairly consistent grip. I’ve put about 250 rounds through it before today and it’s never happened before. So let’s say it’s not that for now.
I checked items 2 & 4 and don’t see any issues. Everything seems to slide as it should.
So this leaves failing recoil spring. Do these things really fail? I don’t see anything wrong with it? Before I buy a new one, anything else I should be checking?
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