Striker fired guns are designed to get very dirty and still run, so something is definitely wrong here.


Like others have said here you should also try some other ammo and never go by what snap caps do in your gun as they are only for dry fire. They are not for function testing your gun.

Telling us what kind of ammo you were using may help a bit also.

Some pistols can be finicky with ammo sometimes. Sucks because they shouldn't be but sometimes they just are, especially with cheaper foreign ammo.

I've never had this problem but I keep reading that some need to start out breaking their gun in with 124's instead of 115's if that's what you were using?

Also sounds like your "jam" is not really a "jam" but a FTE (Failure to extract)

If you've gone through two different extractors (factory and new apex) then it sounds like your chamber may be the culprit here.

Get a flashlight and check for burrs in there ect:

You could also take the gun apart and with just the slide and no barrel, and take a round and slide it up under the extractor to make sure you have proper extractor tension. It should stay in there and not fall out on its own when you shake it a little.

A real easy test to perform is to clean it (chamber and barrel) thoroughly and Just drop a round in there and push it in with your finger. It should just fall out when you tip the barrel up. This will also tell you if you have a tight chamber or something.