Autos that "cure" themselves.

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AndABeer

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Went to the range today for an extended session to try and regain some confidence after my first IDPA match. :D

Had about 8 handguns with me including my G29 which I don't shoot alot because of a persistant problem it has not ejecting the spent case (yes it has the ejector upgrade). I was prepared to send it back to Glock but I just never got around to it. Long story medium, it gobbled up about 300 rounds without a bobble. Various power levels not a problem, even my home rolled uber-rounds. I forgot how cool that little pistol is when it works. Now it'll have to do another couple thousand before I trust it again but I am up to that challenge.

I hate problems that just kinda go away because you know they will be back at the worst time. Anyone else experience something similar?
 
My Walther P99 had a stovepipe problem with 115-grain ammo that solved itself within 400 rounds. Didn't trust it with 115-grain ammo for a while after that, but never had it happen again in over 1100 rounds. (Yet)
 
Unless you're dealing with a relatively low-round-count semi-auto that isn't fully broken in, most of these "disappearing" problems that you describe are operator induced. The two most common are: (1) Inconsistent grip, either a "limpwrist" condition or a grip that puts part of your hand in contact with the slide or operating controls during operation; or (2) Lubrication insufficiencies (or too much lube).

Keep using it. Once you get about 500 rounds through it without any malfs, then you can be pretty sure that any subsequent malfs are operator induced.
 
I had trouble with my glock 22 not ejecting the fired round, the problem went away and I still dont know why it happened.That was 6000 rounds ago and I have not had a problem since.take the slide apart and clean it, you don't want to much lube on a glock
 
Self-healing handguns, eh?

I was thinking of using homeopathic means to cure my EAA Witness of it's chronic FTF problems. I was thinking a dose of a 5-pound hand mallet to the feedramp might do the trick?
 
I have been tempted to use a slightly modified version of the "5lb sledge hammer" method. Mine would be more like the "thrown from a moving car onto the freeway" method. I havent tried this
but have been tempted many times. Shoot well
 
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