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Hello all.
I've got a brand new (3 day old) pro-eclipse that is having some failures to eject. The extracted case stovepipes or otherwise gets trapped between the slide and the barrel on it's way out of the gun, often pointed back at me. It always extracts from the barrel; it just doesn't always leave the gun! There have been no other problems.
The 225 rounds total thru the gun have seen 5 FTE's, with failures happening about once every 50 rounds (it's not getting better or worse). It has done this equally with both S&B and Winchester white box 230g fmj. Also, a few cases have hit me in the face; those always had the case mouth crimped severely in two places, like you squeezed it almost shut with wire cutters; I suspect they were almost failures also. Cases that eject properly look fine and have no marks on either the rim or the mouth.
I'm not sure if it's significant, but EVERY ONE of these 5 FTE's has been with a Wilson 8rd mag; the gun has not failed yet with the factory Kimber (looks like a CMC) 8rounder. I've alternated evenly between the 2 mags when shooting, so they've both had the same number of rounds thru.
Is it possible that the wilson mag could be causing or contributing to the ejection failures?
I might exchange the Wilson for another CMC and try it, and send another 200 or so rounds thru it before the gun makes a trip to the factory.
I've got a brand new (3 day old) pro-eclipse that is having some failures to eject. The extracted case stovepipes or otherwise gets trapped between the slide and the barrel on it's way out of the gun, often pointed back at me. It always extracts from the barrel; it just doesn't always leave the gun! There have been no other problems.
The 225 rounds total thru the gun have seen 5 FTE's, with failures happening about once every 50 rounds (it's not getting better or worse). It has done this equally with both S&B and Winchester white box 230g fmj. Also, a few cases have hit me in the face; those always had the case mouth crimped severely in two places, like you squeezed it almost shut with wire cutters; I suspect they were almost failures also. Cases that eject properly look fine and have no marks on either the rim or the mouth.
I'm not sure if it's significant, but EVERY ONE of these 5 FTE's has been with a Wilson 8rd mag; the gun has not failed yet with the factory Kimber (looks like a CMC) 8rounder. I've alternated evenly between the 2 mags when shooting, so they've both had the same number of rounds thru.
Is it possible that the wilson mag could be causing or contributing to the ejection failures?
I might exchange the Wilson for another CMC and try it, and send another 200 or so rounds thru it before the gun makes a trip to the factory.