Hello,
I am pretty new to hand guns and this Charles Daly DDA 10-40/45 is my first one. This is the compact 3 5/8" barrel. I really like the look and feel of this gun but I am having some prolems with it. I took it out the other day to put a couple magazines through it and I consistantly had FTF and a few FTE. For some reason I would pull a round off and the slide would lock back prematurely almost every time. Then I would have to press the slide lock down to drop the slide again and pull another round and there it goes again locking up. I used many different ammunition including WWB ball and HP, Hornady critical defense, Hydra-shok, and cheap fedral ball. Could anybody help me figure out how to fix this problem? When I came back from shooting I broke it down and cleaned it up really nice so im hoping it doesnt rain tomorrow so I can take it out again and tinker with it. I need to figure out WTH is wrong with this thing so I can trust it to save my life if I ever have to. And I cant really afford a new gun for awhile so that isnt really a option for me right now.
Thank you! Not to mention this gun isnt exactly the most popular gun by any means and CD went out of bussiness so finding good info and parts is a pain in the butt! Im also looking for extra 10 round mags that I cant seem to find anywhere. Numrich is about the only place that still has CD parts but they are always sold out of the mags.
I am pretty new to hand guns and this Charles Daly DDA 10-40/45 is my first one. This is the compact 3 5/8" barrel. I really like the look and feel of this gun but I am having some prolems with it. I took it out the other day to put a couple magazines through it and I consistantly had FTF and a few FTE. For some reason I would pull a round off and the slide would lock back prematurely almost every time. Then I would have to press the slide lock down to drop the slide again and pull another round and there it goes again locking up. I used many different ammunition including WWB ball and HP, Hornady critical defense, Hydra-shok, and cheap fedral ball. Could anybody help me figure out how to fix this problem? When I came back from shooting I broke it down and cleaned it up really nice so im hoping it doesnt rain tomorrow so I can take it out again and tinker with it. I need to figure out WTH is wrong with this thing so I can trust it to save my life if I ever have to. And I cant really afford a new gun for awhile so that isnt really a option for me right now.