Went to the range today with my newly acquired 5906 and 4506.
I had previously cleaned the pistols, and lubed them up today before I went to the range.
Ran 200 rounds of Remington UMC target ammo through the 5906. It was more accurate than me, and ran without one hiccup. I am very happy with this pistol, and look forward to shooting it a lot more.
I started with the 5906/9mm to get me ready for what I was really looking forward to today, the 4506.
I loaded up the first mag with 5 rounds (WWB 230 grain) and on the 3d round had a failure to extract (FTE). The round failed to come out of the chamber but the slide cycled all the way back and was trying to feed the next round in the mag into the chamber, which was stopped by the case in the chamber. I was using a 645 mag (metal follower).
Cleared the jam and fired the rest of the rounds no problem.
Next mag of 5, no problems.
Next mag of 5, 1 FTE.
Next 2 mags of 5, no problems.
Next mag, all 5 FTE.
I then changed mags to a 4506 one with yellow follower.
First two mags of 5 rounds, no problems.
Next mag 2 FTEs.
Next 2 mags, no problems.
Next mag, 1 FTE.
Next mag no problems.
Last mag, 4 rounds FTE except the last one.
The FTEs would happen in no particular order of what round was in the magazine.
I would pull the slide back and hold it open with the slide stop, pull the mag out, and let the slide come forward and have it extract the spend casing in order to clear it from the chamber. Never a problem there.
I also have no problems running snap caps through the pistol.
Anyone have any recommendations? Ammo?...extractor?...extractor spring?
I have not replaced any of the springs in the pistol since I've bought it so I don't know if that would have anything to do with this. I have actually ordered recoil/mainspring/firing pin/ejector springs for both pistols for spares...but didn't order any extractor spring.
Otherwise, the pistol fired every round that was chambered, and was very accurate, I did better with this pistol than the 9mm! The pistol is unreliable and can only be used as a range gun at this point in time.
I guess I got to figure out what my next step is to do. I'd like to fix it on my own, but I've been thinking about sending it to S&W and if so will have the 3d Gen action job done along with them going over the pistol.
I had previously cleaned the pistols, and lubed them up today before I went to the range.

Ran 200 rounds of Remington UMC target ammo through the 5906. It was more accurate than me, and ran without one hiccup. I am very happy with this pistol, and look forward to shooting it a lot more.
I started with the 5906/9mm to get me ready for what I was really looking forward to today, the 4506.
I loaded up the first mag with 5 rounds (WWB 230 grain) and on the 3d round had a failure to extract (FTE). The round failed to come out of the chamber but the slide cycled all the way back and was trying to feed the next round in the mag into the chamber, which was stopped by the case in the chamber. I was using a 645 mag (metal follower).

Cleared the jam and fired the rest of the rounds no problem.
Next mag of 5, no problems.
Next mag of 5, 1 FTE.
Next 2 mags of 5, no problems.
Next mag, all 5 FTE.
I then changed mags to a 4506 one with yellow follower.
First two mags of 5 rounds, no problems.
Next mag 2 FTEs.
Next 2 mags, no problems.
Next mag, 1 FTE.
Next mag no problems.
Last mag, 4 rounds FTE except the last one.
The FTEs would happen in no particular order of what round was in the magazine.
I would pull the slide back and hold it open with the slide stop, pull the mag out, and let the slide come forward and have it extract the spend casing in order to clear it from the chamber. Never a problem there.
I also have no problems running snap caps through the pistol.
Anyone have any recommendations? Ammo?...extractor?...extractor spring?
I have not replaced any of the springs in the pistol since I've bought it so I don't know if that would have anything to do with this. I have actually ordered recoil/mainspring/firing pin/ejector springs for both pistols for spares...but didn't order any extractor spring.
Otherwise, the pistol fired every round that was chambered, and was very accurate, I did better with this pistol than the 9mm! The pistol is unreliable and can only be used as a range gun at this point in time.
I guess I got to figure out what my next step is to do. I'd like to fix it on my own, but I've been thinking about sending it to S&W and if so will have the 3d Gen action job done along with them going over the pistol.
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