I purchased a Colt Gov't .380 at a recent gunshow (traded my wife's old carry gun for it - she asked for something different and the Colt perfectly fit what she described when telling what she wanted).
On the way home I realized the rear site was loose - I could push it side to side with thumb pressure alone. Not good. Buefore i took the gun to the smith, she took it out and shot several mags through without malfunction. We pushed the rear sight to the center and she was getting great results. We decided it's a keeper.
I took it to a smith to take care of the sight issue. The sight was firmly in place when I picked it up a couple weeks ago.
This past weekend we got the chance to shoot again, and it wouldn't fire! The firing pin is clearly not striking the primers. There is not even a slight indentation - no indication at all af being struck on rounds that eject.
There was one exception - i tried firing while holding the gun at a steep downward angle and it fired - once. I couldn't get it to happen again. The case had a very weak primer strike. The next time was like before - not even a scratch on the primer.
Could the firing pin have broken somehow? Any other possible explanations? Is there any way this could have happened at the gunsmith's while he worked on the rear sight? I don't plan on using that particular gunsmith anymore (see my thread on the c96 Mauser) but I might take it back if he broke my gun and ask him to make it right rather than pay someone else. Any suggestions? Diagnostics?
On the way home I realized the rear site was loose - I could push it side to side with thumb pressure alone. Not good. Buefore i took the gun to the smith, she took it out and shot several mags through without malfunction. We pushed the rear sight to the center and she was getting great results. We decided it's a keeper.
I took it to a smith to take care of the sight issue. The sight was firmly in place when I picked it up a couple weeks ago.
This past weekend we got the chance to shoot again, and it wouldn't fire! The firing pin is clearly not striking the primers. There is not even a slight indentation - no indication at all af being struck on rounds that eject.
There was one exception - i tried firing while holding the gun at a steep downward angle and it fired - once. I couldn't get it to happen again. The case had a very weak primer strike. The next time was like before - not even a scratch on the primer.
Could the firing pin have broken somehow? Any other possible explanations? Is there any way this could have happened at the gunsmith's while he worked on the rear sight? I don't plan on using that particular gunsmith anymore (see my thread on the c96 Mauser) but I might take it back if he broke my gun and ask him to make it right rather than pay someone else. Any suggestions? Diagnostics?