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The last time I had a failure of any sort in this gun was 2 stovepipe ftf's the day after I did a detailed cleaning of the gun. Over the weekend, I did another detailed cleaning and at last nights IPSC practice match, I had 3 stovepipe feeds, 1 stovepipe FTE, and 2 times where it didn't strip a round, the first of which I will claim as user error since I can verify the mag was not seated fully as evidenced by the loud click during the tap/rack/bang drill.
This all happened in 3 stages about 25 rds each stage. I tore it down, after the second stage and everything looked ok. During the 3rd stage is when I had the FTE. After that, shot 2 more stages and 2 speed drills and didn't have another problem during any of it. All I can figure is my gun is a fan of the John Browning school of thought where he built all of his combat weaponry to withstand being slogged through the mud/sand/dirt/whatever and they would tend to shoot a little better w/ a little grime on them.
This all happened in 3 stages about 25 rds each stage. I tore it down, after the second stage and everything looked ok. During the 3rd stage is when I had the FTE. After that, shot 2 more stages and 2 speed drills and didn't have another problem during any of it. All I can figure is my gun is a fan of the John Browning school of thought where he built all of his combat weaponry to withstand being slogged through the mud/sand/dirt/whatever and they would tend to shoot a little better w/ a little grime on them.