I've got a S&W CS45 that I bought about a year ago
and just started taking to the range. In the first
50 or so rounds, the slide failed to go fully forward
into battery about 8 or 9 times. This was during firing,
not when manually releasing the slide.
The round would chamber ok, but the slide would end up
about 1/8" shy of fully forward. Just a nudge would
close it and allow the round to be fired. It mostly
happened on the last round, but not always. Occurred with
either mag. I shot it again today and it happened
about 4 times in 75 rounds. I'm shooting reloaded
and CCI Blazer 230 ball. No other problems and accuracy
is ok.
I searched the archives, but didn't see anyone else
mention this problem. I'm considering this gun for
CCW, but not if it's unreliable. Any of you CS45
owners have or hear of this problem? Could this be
a case of limp-wristing or can that only happen with
polymer-framed guns? If not operator error, I'm
hoping it's a break-in problem that will clear up.
Thanks for any info.
Joe
[Edited by jrp on 01-17-2001 at 01:27 AM]
and just started taking to the range. In the first
50 or so rounds, the slide failed to go fully forward
into battery about 8 or 9 times. This was during firing,
not when manually releasing the slide.
The round would chamber ok, but the slide would end up
about 1/8" shy of fully forward. Just a nudge would
close it and allow the round to be fired. It mostly
happened on the last round, but not always. Occurred with
either mag. I shot it again today and it happened
about 4 times in 75 rounds. I'm shooting reloaded
and CCI Blazer 230 ball. No other problems and accuracy
is ok.
I searched the archives, but didn't see anyone else
mention this problem. I'm considering this gun for
CCW, but not if it's unreliable. Any of you CS45
owners have or hear of this problem? Could this be
a case of limp-wristing or can that only happen with
polymer-framed guns? If not operator error, I'm
hoping it's a break-in problem that will clear up.
Thanks for any info.
Joe
[Edited by jrp on 01-17-2001 at 01:27 AM]