Last weekend I took my newly acquired 4506 to the range and had some problems.
Range Trip Part I
Bottom line, I was getting many failures to extract (FTE) with Winchester White Box (WWB) 230 grain.
I took the pistol home, took out the extractor, cleaned out the extractor cutout, and examined the extractor. The extractor didn't look damaged in any way.
Today, I took the pistol back to the range. I shot 60 rounds of WWB and 200 rounds of Federal 230 grain target ammunition.
1. Fired 50 rounds of Federal No malfunctions of any kind. Done 5 rounds at a time.
2. Fired 60 rounds of WWB. I had 10 FTE. Done 5 rounds at a time.
3. Fired 150 rounds of Federal. Had no malfunctions of any kind. Fired 5 or 8 rounds at a time.
I used the same mag throughout firing.
I have never had any problems with WWB before, but I've only fired that in SIG P220 and Colt 1911s...but maybe the two boxes I used these last two weekends have some rounds at the high end of tolerance.
I was happy that the pistol fired with 100% reliability with the Federal. I'll have to try Remington UMC target ammo next to see how that works.
What do y'all say may be the problem. I believe it's the ammo
I have some new extractor springs on the way and will try some WWB when I get it installed. I also put the Hogues on it and will see how the pistol feels with those on next outing.
I did get a bunch of springs today and put in new recoil and main springs (I already did firing pin spring). That recoil spring was a monster to put in!!
Range Trip Part I
Bottom line, I was getting many failures to extract (FTE) with Winchester White Box (WWB) 230 grain.
I took the pistol home, took out the extractor, cleaned out the extractor cutout, and examined the extractor. The extractor didn't look damaged in any way.
Today, I took the pistol back to the range. I shot 60 rounds of WWB and 200 rounds of Federal 230 grain target ammunition.
1. Fired 50 rounds of Federal No malfunctions of any kind. Done 5 rounds at a time.
2. Fired 60 rounds of WWB. I had 10 FTE. Done 5 rounds at a time.
3. Fired 150 rounds of Federal. Had no malfunctions of any kind. Fired 5 or 8 rounds at a time.
I used the same mag throughout firing.
I have never had any problems with WWB before, but I've only fired that in SIG P220 and Colt 1911s...but maybe the two boxes I used these last two weekends have some rounds at the high end of tolerance.
I was happy that the pistol fired with 100% reliability with the Federal. I'll have to try Remington UMC target ammo next to see how that works.
What do y'all say may be the problem. I believe it's the ammo
I have some new extractor springs on the way and will try some WWB when I get it installed. I also put the Hogues on it and will see how the pistol feels with those on next outing.
I did get a bunch of springs today and put in new recoil and main springs (I already did firing pin spring). That recoil spring was a monster to put in!!
