Chambering problem w/ P95

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WalkerTexasRanger

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Any ideas what might be causing a failure to fully chamber rounds with a P95. I am using UMC 115 gr ammo, and have only about a 1000 rounds total through gun. Problem is occurring after approx 75 shots and up, not often when firing, but consistantly when inserting new clip and hitting slide release. Never had a single problem until 750 rounds through. Any suggestions will help.
 
I don't know on that one but I had one that would FTE every 30 or so rounds. Made me a little leary of them, shame too I realy liked it except for that.
 
Is it magazine related? Is one malfunctioning while the other performs as advertised? What about magazine loading? Try tapping the magazine backside against your plam before inserting to fully align the first round. Just guessing!

I know this don't help your problem, but I've had a P95 for quite awhile, several thousand rounds through it. Only a single incident and it was trigger actuator induced (I screwed up!).
 
One more thought. It could be ammo related.

I went out with a couple of friends to shoot last weekend. They were shooting .40 S&W USAs. Had mutiple failures to feed/chamber properly. I gave them a box of S&Bs I had with. They had no problems whatsoever with the S&B. Problems were encountered with a Beretta Border Patrol, Glock compensated competition model and a Ruger P944.

I took my P944 to the range yesterday with a different lot of USAs, two boxes through with no problems whatsoever.

I have shot a heavy diet of UMCs, American Eagles (Federal), S&Bs and Winchester USAs through my P95 without any problems, other than the operator error mentioned in previous reply. You may have gotten a bad lot of UMCs.
 
Recommendations:

* Instead of using the slide release, try pulling back the open slide and letting it go. It may be the slide release itself dragging, maybe has a burr on it or something.

* Try another mag, as mentioned above.

* Clean and lube the weapon. You might have missed a spot on your last PM. Also, try to notice whether the UMC ammo is "dirtier" than othr stuff you used.

* Buy a new recoil spring assembly and try it. It's a good spare part to have on hand anyway.
 
I would like to thank everybody for the suggestions. I think it probably is a good idea to replace the spring assy. I have tried manually letting the slide go and it has not made a difference. In regards the the UMC, only ammo I have really tried. Again, no problems with it for the first 750-800 rounds with UMC so thought it should continue working fine.

When cleaning, I feel I am pretty thorough, however have a question about actually greasing the slide. I have been, and am wondering if this might be actually slowing the action enough to cause the problem. What is the protocal here. I clean the rest of the gun thoroughly with shooters choice, Kroil, etc. (higher-end products only).

Also, if the round wont fully chamber when releasing the slide, should I force the slide closed or simply pull back, eject the cartridge and start again.

I have bought some winchester white box as well, and thought I would try it.

I am relatively new to the handgun arena and appreciate the input
 
1. Ammo: If you have been buying the UMC one or two boxes at
a time, you're using different lots over time. The ammo caus-
ing you concern now, is probably not the same manufacturing
lot as when you first started shooting this weapon. You have
USA, try it and maybe another brand, such as Sellier and Bellot
PMC, or Federal American Eagle.

2. Lubrication: I don't use grease on any of my autos. Just a
little DuraLube. When in the Marines, we didn't use grease
on our 1911s either. I don't think not using grease will cause
the problem you describe, but if swithcing ammo doesn't help,
it's certainly worth a try.

3. Don't for the round if incorrectly chambered or otherwise
in a state of abnormal functioning! Best bet is to eject the
round and chamber the next. Don't force anything with any
weapon. Even if jammed, if you cannot clear the weapon with
moderate pressure/force, take it to a gun smith. Forcing
any jam or malfunction could cause a round to detonate
and cause injury to yourself or the weapon.
 
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